India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks during a speech to the general public in Toronto, April 15, 2015. REUTERS/Mark Blinch
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has delayed a bill that will make it easier for industry to buy farmland, following anger over rising rural distress and the suicide of a farmer in India's capital.
The death of farmer Gajendra Singh, who hanged himself from a tree during an opposition rally in New Delhi on Wednesday, dominated debate in parliament on Thursday.
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