modi is an authoritarian. this being said, china supersedes everything. especially the relationship between britain and china with the uae. the chinese markets are perceived as more open, less bureaucratic. less protectionist. and also germany is very close to china because on the the engineering, exporter in france because of the nuclear. at the luxury industry. 0k... unless india opens completely, there is very little chance that the eu will look at the indian market as it is. simonjack? sorry, we are nearly out of time, just want to bring in simon. the india — china fight. i'm no expert on indian farm policy, but what i can say is there are big forces at work here. the deterioration of the relationship between the us and china and also for businesses, what they discovered during the pandemic, they had an awful lot of eggs in one basket. in manufacturing in china. india realises that they noticed that and there is an opportunity for india to take up some of that business from china. they need to be more open and have market reforms, as marc said and a

investment. —— modi made a speech. they were still maintain the billesley part in september that they will abolish the minimum prices, and harmonise indian agriculture to be in line with, say, western farmers. if you look at what has happened, in the illustrative example, imagine you are selling a tomato. the prices up to the vicissitudes of the market. there is increased pressure on farmers as a result and farmland, which then contributes to potentially optimising the environment for india's burgeoning agribusiness environment. so the continued position of the government has been to maintain. they are still in negotiations. to maintain these three bills, primarily, basically trying to open up the markets in terms of agriculture. i'm sure i have seen the indian government say they are going to maintain a minimum price to support these farmers, but it is very small farmers that are perhaps most vulnerable here, and these protests a re perhaps most vulnerable here, and these protests are quite extraordinary, arent they?

farmers' organizations called for the shut down after the modi government refused to budge on plans to liberalize the agricultural sector. 1 we are determined to win this fight this movement will go on until we defeat modi we will only go back after the laws are repealed gave up it down. until now india's farmers have been forced to sell through state run wholesalers that guarantee a minimum price. wars will allow them to sell produce on the open market including to supermarket chain. the government insists the changes will benefit farmers and boost their profits. but on the streets protesters fear the industry will be taken over by big corporations who force prices down. the projects we sold for $3000.00 indian rupees is now fiction is just $1600.00 and they say our incomes will be doubled these ministers have no idea about farming. for 72 years many governments of limited farmers independence is only for the ministers and bureaucrats 80 percent of farmers have not benefited in any way. by going to but not the only. other groups across india adding momentum to the protests agriculture

india's prime minister, narendra modi, has announced around 2.4 billion dollars worth of benefits for farmers amid mounting pressure on his government to scrap controversial reforms. mr modi has today been addressing millions of farmers across the country virtually, accusing his political opposition for misleading them over contentious new laws that will loosen the rules around the sale, pricing and storage of farm items. 0ur south asia editor, anbarasan ethirajan is in delhi. the government here of prime minister modi has been trying to reach out to various sections of the reformers highlighting points regarding the new agrarian reforms which were passed in september this year, one of them has been inviting more foreign investment, private investment in agriculture and second thing is they want to abolish antiquated procedures like people are using some of the agents to sell their produce, which means farmers they have to pay money so these agents will be removed from the system and then the farmers are allowed to sell their produce for example from different states, now they have ce

modi is resisting calls to repeal reforms. what are the political risks? this is "inside story." ♪ >> hello, welcome to the program. more than 60% of indians population relies on agriculture for a living. farmers have long been a crucial voting bloc and often complain of being ignored. now they are worried they could be exploited by agricultural reforms passed in september. the laws seem to loosen rules around the sale, pricing, and storage of farm products. farmers fear the new system means they will lose government-backed minimum price guarantees. they tried to march on the capitol in delhi but were stopped by police using tear gas and batons. now, they are blocking main roads and planned to stay until their demands are met. >> we have enough facilities to cook and eat while we stay. we only want the laws to be rolled back, to go home happy. if it is not done, we will continue to protest, be it for six months or a year. >> we always suspected the governments intention and always will because the government has become a slave of the corporations. they w

a modi is resisting calls to repeal farming reform laws. they fear they'll be left at the mercy of big corporations. what are the political risks for modi? this is inside story. hello, welcome to the program, byrne, it's more than 60 percent of india's population rely on agriculture for a living. but farmers who've long been a crucial voting bloc often complain of being ignored. and now they're worried they could be exploited by agriculture reforms passed in september. the laws seek to loosen rules around the sale, pricing and storage of farm produce. the new free market system means they'll lose government back to minimum price guarantees. they've tried to march on the capital, new delhi, but have been stopped by police using tear gas and batons. now they're blocking main roads. plan to stay until demands are met. a lot of us have doubled that. we have enough facilities to cook and eat and arrange for our stay. we only want the last to be rolled back and to go back home happy. if it's not done, the moon will continue to protest, be it for

we have determined to win this fight this movement will go on until we defeat modi we will only go back after the laws are repealed gave up it done. so until now india's farmers are being forced to sell through state run wholesalers that guarantee a minimum price. goals will allow them to sell their produce on the open market including to supermarket chain. the government insists the changes will benefit farmers and brews their profits. but on the streets protesters fear the industry will be taken over by the corporations who force prices down. they're going to go to the projects we sold for $3000.00 indian rupees is now fiction is just $1600.00 and they say our incomes will be doubled these ministers have no idea about farming . for 72 years many governments of looted famines independence is only for the ministers and bureaucrats 80 percent of farmers have not benefited in any way on the most good or good by going to have you know any. other groups across india adding momentum to the protests agriculture supports more than half of the country's 1300000000 people and he threat to their

was organization has called for the shut down after the modi government refused to budge on plans to liberalize the agricultural sector. initiative we have determined to win this fight this movement will go on until we defeat modi we will only go back after the laws are repealed gave up it done. until now india's farmers have been forced to sell through state run wholesalers that guarantee a minimum price. laws will allow them to sell produce on the open market including to supermarket chain. the government insists the changes will benefit farmers and boost their profits. but on the streets protesters fear the industry will be taken over by the corporations who force prices down. they're going to be exact in the projects we sold for $3800.00 rupees is now fishing is just $1600.00 and they say our incomes will be doubled these ministers have no idea about farming i have thought stocks it gets on it would be for 72 years many governments of limited follow. independence is only for the ministers and bureaucrats 80 percent of farmers have not benefited in any way. that my good have got b

and the risk of coronavirus to protest controversial agriculture reforms a minister in the interim modi says the new laws are necessary to deregulate and modernize india's agriculture sector which is the primary source of income for 58 percent of indians but farmers say they were not consulted when the reforms were pushed through and worry the changes will make them vulnerable to exploitation from large corporations so as the protests enter their 4th week is there an end in sight to this standoff help us answer this we're joined by adela seeing a spokesperson of the ruling party ajanta party and again the president of the saroj india party and a member of the take his son on the line one of the farmers organizations leading the protest against i want to start with you and because of your involvement in the protests i mean you've actually been at these protest camps near the new delhi border there have been 6 rounds of talks between the government and the farmers the government has said that they are willing to make 7 amendments to the bill including a written assurance that they will no

india's prime minister modi has announced around 2.4 billion worth of ate for farmers. mr. modi has today been addressing millions of farmers across the country virtually, accusing his political opposition of misleading them over con tsion -- con ten shouse new laws. our correspondent is in delhi. >> the government here of prime minister modi has been tried to reach out to various sections of the farmers highlightinghe points o the new forms which were passed in september of this year. one of them has been inviting more foreign private investment in agriculturing -- agriculture and theyt w to abolish antiquated procedures, like people are using some of the agents to sell produce. so these agents will be removed the the system and then farmers are allowed to sell their produce, for example, from different states. now a farmer from southern india can now sell to the farmers and merchants in northern india. these are the key points of the government's reforms and that is what thet governms been trying to sell to the other farmers. on the other hand the farmers are saying is th

i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia we're glad you could join us indian prime minister narendra modi is intent on what he characterizes as the modernization of the country's agricultural sector his party insists this will benefit farmers but the farmers are not convinced and they have responded in dramatic fashion with protests and now a strike this is all happening as the country slips into a recession after years of economic growth. farmers in the 10s of thousands in a blockade of delhi 6. oh for almost 2 weeks they protested the new farm laws on the outskirts of the indian capital on tuesday they upped the ante launching a one day national strike. across the country protesters blocked rail lines and roads and prevented projects from reaching markets. farmers organizations called for the shut down after the mardi government refused to budge on plans to liberalize the agricultural sector. we have determined to win this fight this movement will go on until we defeat modi we will only go back after the laws are repealed be done. until now india's farmers have been forced to sell throu

in response, a prime minister, narendra modi said, protesters are being misled by opposition parties, and that the laws will benefit them. these $20000.00 farmers aren't going anywhere their trucks and tractors, blocking major highways, sneak in the is capital h. about tract is loaded with russians for up to 4 months. until the time the government reverses these new agricultural laws, none of us will go back to the families feel their livelihoods are under threat. new laws mean the government will soon stop buying grain at guaranteed prices. the pharmacy claim that could leave them at the mercy of corporations who won't pay enough for their crops. india's prime minister is trying to placate the groups because their protests, a causing disruption and threaten to cost him politically. i want to tell the citizens and farmers no doubt from the banks of the river ganges, and the holy city of vera nasri. that we are working with intentions, which are as pure as the water of the river ganges. and without any intention of betrayal, modi's government says the laws give farmers the freedom to s

marriage srinagar one to constituencies in kashmir as capital he stood as a candidate for the anti modi opposition coalition car alliance this is the 1st. we were not allowed to campaign we were not allowed to meet people we were not allowed to talk to people we were not doing proper security missions to hold rallies. these local elections with the 1st since new delhi strip the autonomy of indian administered kashmir last year effectively an exciting parts of the disputed territory india's decision to revoke self rule in the majority muslim populated region caused anger and many kashmiris say they use these elections to make their voices heard the good car alliance 110 of the 290 contested seats. but members of india's governing hindu nationalist b j p say that also celebrating the party won 74 seats making it the single largest winner. of the. this is a victory for the b j p i believe it is because of the popularity of prime minister narendra modi in our towns and villages the people have faith in our prime minister and i believe in the future we will witness development the people who

india's prime minister andrew modi has announced around $2.4 billion of benefits for farmers. amid mounting pressure to scrap controversial farming reforms. amid mounting pressure to scrap controversialfarming reforms. mr modi has today been addressing millions of farmers virtually, accusing his political opposition for misleading them over contentious new laws that will loosen the rules around the sale, pricing and storage of farm items. for more on the protests a nd attem pts of farm items. for more on the protests and attempts to pacify farmers, here is our south asia editor. this was a counter push by farmers who have camped outside delhi, not farfrom who have camped outside delhi, not far from where who have camped outside delhi, not farfrom where i am now, and it's almost been a month, this farmer protest, and it's generated a lot of debate in this country. now the government has firmly ruled out these reforms. what they are now doing is going on a campaign explaining to the other farming communities about how they would benefit from these new farm reforms, and that is w

the indian prime minister narendra modi has been addressing trust farmers as opposition to changes to cultural laws continues weeks of negotiations between farmers and the governments have failed to reach a solution demonstrators have blocked major roads near the capital new delhi. the if european government is offering a reward for information that could help locate leaders of the gray regions ruling party the military is putting up a cash part of $260000.00 the region's leaders went into hiding when federal troops captured the local capital mackellar nearly 2 weeks ago. the government of mozambique and the un are launching an appeal to help thousands of people who are fleeing violence fighting has displaced at least 500000 people in the northern province of cardboard though god knows since 2017 the un is worried the creases could spread beyond mozambique's borders the violence is being blamed on armed groups reportedly linked to i saw her which also has more from johannesburg and neighboring south africa all evidence agencies including the united nations are trying to raise more awa

prime minister narendra modi offered to hold further talks as weeks of negotiations failed to reach a compromise modi says the farmers are being exploited by opposition parties which she says support of the new laws when they held government. i just want ease in the life of farmers i want their progress and want to modernity in the agriculture sector political parties should stop misguiding farm of it's been over 6 to 7 months since the farm laws were implemented but now suddenly games are being played to plough one's political land through a web of lies. elizabeth has the latest from the indian capital new delhi. prime minister modi said that everyone has been demanding reforms in the agriculture sector and he said that previous governments that opposition parties have been wanting to pass the same laws but haven't been able to he said that those parties who are now stoking the protests and that they're jealous of him for possibly laws which they weren't able to but he doesn't want credit for the law was he just wants to make farmers happy he also asked opposition parties to stop usi

we will speak about narendra modi and covid in india. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the united states experienced the worst day of the pandemic so far on wednesday, recording 200,000 new coronavirus infections as hospitalizations topped 100,000 for the first time. 3157 people died of covid-19 on wednesday unr the uned stat, the highest daily death toll of any nation since the paemic began. th is more people than died in the atcks on sepmber 11, 2001 and more than have died of covid-19 across japan in the -- route the pandemic. the head of the centers for disease control and prevention, dr. robert redfield, said the u.s. death toll could rise to nearly 450,000 by the start of february. >> the reality is decber in january and february are going to be rough times. i believe they're going to be the most difficultime in the public history of the station. amy: dr. redfield said the most vulnerable u.s. residents -- as many as 100 million of them -- could be vaccinated against covid-19 by m

prime minister modi said that everyone has been demanding reforms in the agricultural sector he said that previous governments that opposition parties have been wanting to pass these same laws but haven't been able to he said that those parties who are now stoking the protests and that they're jealous of him for possibly laws which they weren't able to but he doesn't want credit for the law was he just wants to make farmers happy he also asked opposition parties to stop using farmers for political gain well that's not going to go down well with farmers these protests have been going on for 3 weeks now they're very much a grass roots movement and they are people who lead with tens of thousands of farmers if not more continuing to block 3 major highways into the indian capital region and this week they had some good news from the indian supreme court which was hearing petition seeking the immediate removal of farmers of protesters from highways but the supreme court said the farmers have a right to protest as long as they're not damaging any lives or property the supreme court also ask

farmers organizations called for the shut down after the modi government refused to budge on plans to liberalize the agricultural sector. we have determined to win this fight this movement will go on until we defeat modi we will only go back after the laws are repealed gave up it done just until now india's farmers have been forced to sell through state run wholesalers that guarantee a minimum price the. laws will allow them to sell produce on the open market including to supermarket chain. the government insists the changes will benefit farmers and boost their profits. but on the streets protesters fear the industry will be taken over by the corporations who force prices down. to the projects we sold for $3000.00 indian rupees is now fishing is just $1600.00 and they say our incomes will be doubled these ministers have no idea about farming. for 72 years many governments of limited farmers independence is only for the ministers and bureaucrats 80 percent of farmers have not benefited in any way. by going to the only. other groups across india adding momentum to the protests agricultu

our south east asia editor is in delhi. >> the government here of prime minister modi has been trying to reach out to sections of theer fa highlighting the points involving the new agrarianth bis passed in september this year. more foreign inves pry itting it invest -- private investment, and they also want to abolish certain procedures,fa which maks ers have to pay money. these agencies will be removed from the system and the farmers are allowed to sell the produce, for example, from different states. faer from southern india can now sell to the merchants in northern india. these are key points of the government's agrarian reforms, and that's what the government has been trying to sell to the other farmers. on the other hand, what the farmers are saying is that india reisminantly an agricultural nation, more than 60% of the 1.4 billion population depends on agriculture, and many of them are small landowners. so the reformsen wouldit only big corporations, and we don't have the power to take on these big corporations in setting the price. when did the market ever gen advantage to poor

we are determined to win this fight this movement will go on until we defeat modi we will only go back after the laws are repealed be done. until now india's farmers have been forced to sell through state run wholesalers that guarantee a minimum price. laws will allow them to sell produce on the open market including to supermarket chain. the government insists the changes will benefit farmers and boost their profits. but on the streets protesters fear the industry will be taken over by big corporations who force prices down. the projects we sold for $3800.00 rupees is now fiction is just $1600.00 and they say our incomes will be doubled these ministers have no idea about farming. for 72 years many governments of limited farmers independence is only for the ministers and bureaucrats 80 percent of farmers have not benefited in any way. by going to the only. other groups across india adding momentum to the protests agriculture supports more than half of the country's 1300000000 people any threat to their livelihood could be a major headache for modi's populace government. joining us. del

by the modis government says the laws give farmers the freedom to sell their crops to private buyers rather than through the state. but the farmers remain unconvinced. any of the other. we have always suspected the government's intentions and always will because the government has become a slave of the corporations. they want to turn us into their slaves as well. the farmers protests have been going on for months since parliament passed the new laws in september. but they've intensified in recent days, when thousands of farmers clashed with police security forces used tear gas and water cannons to prevent protesters from entering delhi. they were stopped just outside the city. but they're now determined to camp out for the long haul and the democrats spawn a miniature address for joining me from delhi with more than i'm sure the prime minister has repeatedly said. the farmers have nothing to worry about. my own farm must convinced mobilizations trudeau the prime minister, as well as the government have to be gently at the saints. but any concerns that bombers may have either side of

and without any intention of betrayal, modi's government says the laws give farmers the freedom to sell their crops to profit by it is rather than through the state. they insist the laws will drive up prices, but the farmers remain unconvinced. but we have always suspected the government's intentions because they have become a slave of the corporations. they want to turn us into their slaves as well. it is not by the farmers per tests have been going on for months since parliament passed the new laws in september. but they only caught the country's attention in recent days, when thousands of farmers clashed with police security forces used tear gas and water cannons to prevent protesters from entering delhi, the it was stopped just outside the city. but they're now determined to camp out for the long haul. and genius in japan has been putting in 18 meter tall robot through its paces. the mighty creation is modeled after a figure in the japanese june more well suit. which features enormous battle robots, piloted by humans. the series spawns multiple spinoffs and has fans around the world

the farmers i nearly 70% of the population, they depend on farming, and narendra modi's government has be very careful in handling this protest even though the process have stopped traffic on some of that highways and these people have been sitting for the last month now around the city of delhi. the government was to take one step at a time. there have been various talks between the few are two sides but no progress at what the farmers are saying is that they are very disappointed with the government because they are trying to portray us as anti—separatist. actually what we want is... these new laws will allow big corporations to come in. this will go against our interests because it will be a rise in prices and that will go away and thatis in prices and that will go away and that is why the farmers are saying we will not come and sit unless the government withdraws. thank you very much you are watching bbc news. the eu's chief brexit negotiator michel barnier is briefing member states about the free trade deal finalised on thursday. an extra 800 military personnel deployed in engli

and necessary to boost production and bring in much needed private investment prime minister narendra modi has tried to assure farmers the laws won't harm their businesses that there is a lot your book had knocked out but i want to tell the citizens and families from the banks of the river ganges and the holy city of out an r.c. that we are working with intentions which a pure is the water of the river ganges and without any purpose of betrayal most of the farmers come from the states of punjab and haryana but are known as india's grain baskets many have camped out at the sink who border elizabeth around him has been to one of the protests in the capital new delhi. well despite farm union leaders attending talks with the government tens of thousands of promise remain on to keep highways blocking the road into the capitol region of delhi now from union leaders have told us that they're attending the talks but they're not hopeful of a breakthrough and that's because of prime minister narendra modi's comments that these laws are good for farmers that they're in the interest of farmers and fam