KeyPoints
- Farmers have been protesting for over two months over farm reforms, enacted in September
- These reforms were meant to deregulate the agriculture sector, allowing farmer's to sell to buyers beyond government-regulated wholesale markets
- Small farmers fear the changes will mean the end of guaranteed minimum prices for their crops and leave them at the mercy of big retailers
- The Agitating farmer's had called for a tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day,Jan 26, to mark their protests