Soon after the acts were introduced, unions began holding local protests, mostly in Punjab state. Despite India being largely self-sufficient in foodgrain production and having welfare schemes, hunger and nutrition remain serious issues, with India ranking as one of the worst countries in the world in food security parameters. Related endemic legacy issues include farmer suicides and low farmer incomes. The Union Government, however, maintained that the laws would make it effortless for farmers to sell their produce directly to big buyers, and stated that the protests are based on misinformation. The protests also demanded the creation of a minimum support price (MSP) bill, to ensure that corporates cannot control the prices. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, had been described as 'anti-farmer laws' by many farmer unions, and politicians from the opposition who said that it would leave farmers at the 'mercy of corporates'. The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was a protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020.
Over 1,500 telecom tower sites damaged by protestors (as of 28 December 2022 ).National highways dug up by police to stop protestors from marching to capital.
