Lok Sabha has passed three agriculture sector bills.
One on Agri market reforms, the second on contract farming provisions and third on amending Essential Commodities Act. #FarmersProtest #FarmBills
1. The bill on Agri market seeks to allow farmers to sell their produce outside APMC ‘mandis’ to whoever they want. Anyone can buy their produce even at their farm gates. #FarmBills
2. The legislation on contract farming will allow farmers to enter into a contract with agri-business firms or large retailers on pre-agreed prices of their produce. #FarmBills
3. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020, seeks to remove commodities like cereals, pulses, oilseeds, edible oils, onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities. #FarmBills
The issues and fears raised include: 1)end of MSP regime in due course, 2)irrelevance of state-controlled APMC, 3)risk of losing out land rights under contract farming rule..
..4)reduction in price of farm produce due to market domination by big agribusinesses and 5)exploitation of farmers by big contractors through contract farming provisions. #FarmersProtest #FarmBills #JaiKisan #FarmReforms #AgricultureBill #Agro
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