On November 19, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the government will withdraw the three agricultural laws enacted in September 2020. On November 29, 2021, Parliament approved a
bill withdrawing the three laws. Meanwhile, protesting farmers, galvanized by their success, have made further demands including legalizing the minimum support price (MSP) market intervention, among other demands. On December 9, 2021, the Indian government gave written assurances to the protestors’ additional demands and agreed to set up a committee to review MSP legalization.
Farmers suspend actions after written governmental assurance
After negotiations for additional demands, protesting farmers unions agreed to suspend their demonstrations and withdraw from the Delhi borders on written assurance from the government.
On December 9, 2021, the Secretary of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, wrote to the Samyukta Kissan Morcha (SKM), the farmer group spearheading the protests and agreed to their demands. Among them, the Indian government agreed to include a SKM representative to participate in a government-established committee to review the MSP system, which has yet to be formed.
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Source: apps.fas.usda.gov