Indian farmers' protests against agricultural laws

FILE PHOTO: Police officers use water cannon to disperse farmers protesting against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near Delhi, India, November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

(Reuters) - Farmers in India have protested for over a year over laws passed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow farmers to sell produce directly to bulk buyers and make contract farming easier.

Here is a timeline of events around the passing of the laws and the escalating protests: