Defanging #APMCs mean👇
Farmers can sell directly to processors,at price they wish to,with no middlemen
Farmers can sell beyond Notified Mandi
#MSP to continue
#TradeCartelisation to end
@narendramodi gov creating single #AgriMarket
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While @HarsimratBadal_ has politicised the issue,#Punjab,an @INCIndia ruled State,is one of the few States that already allows #ContractFarming,in select commodities,to farmers,via separate State legislation..So opposition to #FarmBills by Congressis&Akalis,is not about Farmers!
Are #Akalis opposed to #FarmBills of @narendramodi govt,as these Bills once they become Acts,will strip Mandi Traders,wily Commission Agents,Food Processors,Exporters&Marketing Committees of #APMCs,of the brazen power they wield,forcing farmers to sell their produce,dirt cheap?😑
Farm legislations will allow @narendramodi govt to invoke #EssentialCommoditiesAct only if retail prices rise 50% for non-perishables&100% for perishables, over average retail prices in preceding 12months or last five years--diluting EC Act of 1955,is last nail for Nehruvianism!
Earlier,due to EC Act,there were Stock limits&restrictions on quantity that #FoodTraders could buy from #Farmers;Due to lack of storage,farmers would get rid of surplus at distress prices--Now,with no stock limits,both traders& farmers,will gain,without fear of hoarding surplus💪
Why are "Farmers" protesting?
Let us get this clear--it is not farmers but wealthy owners of existing Mandis,with political connect,who are protesting,as #Mandis set up under #APMC Acts,have been excluded from definition of #TradeArea,under new legislation by @narendramodi govt
Why did @narendramodi gov exclude existing Mandis from definition of trade area?
It was done to give #Farmers a choice-they can sell either in Mandi or new #TradeArea,outside current #Mandi
Mandi owners don't want competition--@narendramodi has broken their monopoly;that simple
Why are protests largely in Punjab?
Bills by @narendramodi gov say,no fees will be levied on farmers/ traders,in #TradeArea
Charges in Punjab are 8.5%-Market fee of 3%,Rural development charge of 3%&Middleman commission of 2.5%
No wonder,vested interests from #Punjab are vexed
Also,under new system by @narendramodi gov,any trader with PAN card can get license&buy farm produce from trade area or Mandi
It means more competition for Middlemen or #Arhatiyas,who till now,had monopoly in Mandis
More players in Mandi,will reduce transaction cost for farmers
Protests about #DisputeResolution are misguided
Any dispute between #Farmer& counter-party will be settled by #ConciliationBoard,appointed by Sub Divisional Magistrate
Why go to #CivilCourts,which are already burdened,is the logic by @narendramodi govt&it is absolutely right!
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