<story><title>Koo, India’s free-speech Twitter alternative</title><url>https://restofworld.org/2021/how-koo-became-a-right-wing-darling-in-india/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>as300</author><text>I get the impression reading articles like this that the farm bills would &lt;i&gt;certainly&lt;/i&gt; negatively impact farmer. See this quote from the article:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;The country’s capital city has seen over four months of protest after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government enacted agricultural laws that would adversely affect farmers across India.&lt;p&gt;However, from speaking to people and watching interviews where people discuss *the actual bill itself*, the only answer I ever hear is something along the lines of, &amp;quot;this bill *could potentially* lead to things that are bad.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m asking from a place of good-faith here, but what separates claims that the farm bill is bad from blatant fear-mongering?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mathemagical</author><text>Here is an article that goes into a lot of historical context and explains what is happening. It&amp;#x27;s a bit long but does a good job of explaining all the nuances, so it&amp;#x27;s worth reading to the end.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fairobserver.com&amp;#x2F;region&amp;#x2F;central_south_asia&amp;#x2F;atul-singh-manu-sharma-india-farmers-protests-agriculture-sector-reform-green-revolution-history-15201&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fairobserver.com&amp;#x2F;region&amp;#x2F;central_south_asia&amp;#x2F;atul-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Koo, India’s free-speech Twitter alternative</title><url>https://restofworld.org/2021/how-koo-became-a-right-wing-darling-in-india/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>as300</author><text>I get the impression reading articles like this that the farm bills would &lt;i&gt;certainly&lt;/i&gt; negatively impact farmer. See this quote from the article:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;The country’s capital city has seen over four months of protest after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government enacted agricultural laws that would adversely affect farmers across India.&lt;p&gt;However, from speaking to people and watching interviews where people discuss *the actual bill itself*, the only answer I ever hear is something along the lines of, &amp;quot;this bill *could potentially* lead to things that are bad.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m asking from a place of good-faith here, but what separates claims that the farm bill is bad from blatant fear-mongering?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>strategyanalyst</author><text>There is fear that this will reduce the degree of government subsidies that farmers recieve.&lt;p&gt;Current yields of Indian crops aren&amp;#x27;t stagnant, but there are fears that water levels are too low to keep them rising fast enough for the coming rise in demand.So too much land on water consuming paddy crops may be bad in long run. Bill tries to push towards diversification by introducing agri markets that may raise investment in nontraditional crops.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amp.scroll.in&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;821052&amp;#x2F;punjab-is-set-for-record-rice-production-this-year-but-at-a-heavy-price&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;amp.scroll.in&amp;#x2F;article&amp;#x2F;821052&amp;#x2F;punjab-is-set-for-record...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Fear is also that this will hit farmers in state of Punjab and Northern UP the most. They rely on a system of guaranteed crop buying by government. Moving to market model may lead to changes that proponents say will raise their income but they believe it will lead to corporations eating away the profits.</text></comment>