Agriculture employs the majority of Indian workers. But reports of farmer distress have become a daily occurrence in the world's second most populous country. Delhi alone has seen four major protests in the last 18 months. Since yesterday about two-hundred-thousand farmers have gathered in the national capital from all over India, to demand a special session of Parliament to address an urgent rural debt crisis, and other concerns. Despite the government plans to double farmer incomes by 2022, the farmers are angry and have taken to the streets in the capital. Our correspondent Ravinder Bawa, spoke to one protester to understand the problems they face.

Dhanpat Singh is a distressed farmer living in the northern state of Haryana. He is under huge debt and is almost on the verge of letting go. His downfall started two years back in November when the government announced demonetisation to tackle black money. He leased a piece of land to cultivate carrots and make a killing, but all his dreams to make a killing fell flat when his carrots sold at one fourth the actual price.

DHANPAT SINGH, FARMER SONIPAT, HARYANA "I don't have any hope from this government. This prime minister is like an autocratic ruler, like Mohammed Tughlaq from our history lessons. He did not give any thought or make any preparations before taking the decision to demonetize our currency. He ruined us all. He ruined the farmers."

Singh took us to his village to meet other farmers. Most of them are under debt and don't know how to repay their loans. Singh himself has exhausted all options including the farmer credit card provided by the government. The rising prices of fertilisers, pesticides and manure are making agriculture unremunerative."

DHANPAT SINGH, FARMER SONIPAT, HARYANA "Seeds are expensive. Manure and pesticides are expensive too. So we take loans from money lenders. We're forced to sell our land and can't make ends meet. And so we end up killing ourselves."

Singh and his friends gathered in Delhi with farmers from all over India to demand a special session of the Parliament to address their issues. They want the government to pass the bills of higher minimum support price of grains and loan waivers. Like Singh, all these farmers feel that the government has failed to address the agrarian crisis. Ravinder Bawa. Delhi.