Thread by @mohd_shaham

Here in this thread i will try to explain all the issues farmers are facing with this new act. Everything from MSP to electricity amendment bill.

Please so share it extensively to people are educated.

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1) MSP is one of the things farmers are protesting for, now let me explain why MSP not mentioned in the act is an issue.
Since its not mentioned its not legal so there is nothing thats stopping them from stopping MSP, farmers won’t be able engage in legal battles.

2) Right now in mandi system when an auction is held its the seller’s market farmers decides the price, the more buyers the bigger price farmers get.
But with this bill buyers don’t have to go to mandi, they can purchase it directly this will become a buyers market..

...they can collectively decide what price they will buy the product (because no msp).

(There are corruption that need to be weeded out in the old system but its a working system that provide farmers security and it needs to be worked on, not discarded)

3) Farmers bill prohibits states from collecting tax from buyers who do not buy from mandi therefore buyers will naturally not go to mandi when they have another option “what is the point of going to mandi is there is no buyers there?”

4) without revenue from the tax state government will have to pay MSP from the budget and not from the mandi revenue which is slowly lead to mandi system stoping and small farmers suffering under corporates and other huge farmers (reinstating feudal system).

This will push back millions of small farmers and expose them to cruel risk of land grabs, high interest loan traps, share cropping, coercion, exploitation and violence by the dominant caste farmers.

5) Also, there is no law asking for a written contract from corporate before getting in business with farmers, in case of any unfair practices poor farmers will have to fight corporates in court which is near to impossible.

6) removal of stock limit and allowing of bulk purchase and storage through the change in the Essential Commodities Act could bring large corporate players into the agriculture space. they could also skew the playing field, with small farmers can’t match them in bargaining power.

other issues include

7) the electricity (amendment) bill 2020, this bill takes away the power of State Government to give subsidized electricity to farmers. As a result farmers will have to play the entire bill for their electricity upfront before the subsidy is send to them.

Here is a thread on why protest is largely concentrated in Punjab and Haryana.

https://twitter.com/mohd_shaham/status/1332052200873332736

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