“In the recent past, the agrarian distress has worsened because farmers are unable to realize a fair price. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has claimed that Indian farmers have lost ₹45 lakh crore in a 16-year period, between 2000 and 2016,” said Devinder Sharma, an agricultural policy expert. “In fact, its latest analysis is more damning. India is the only country among 54 major economies engaged in farming where farmers have been incurring losses, year after year, since the year 2000.”