Thread by @parvathimenon

Do you wonder why the ‘protest’ at the Delhi border hasn’t stopped even after #FarmLawsRepealed?
(Firstly the jobless, violent, belligerent men camping at the border are not farmers. They are traders, brokers, wannabe politicians)

Here are the developments to watch:
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Farmers in Punjab, for the first time, have started receiving wheat MSP payment directly in their bank accounts & about Rs 8,180 crore has been transferred this year so far.

Govt has already begun dismantling the exploitative trader hegemony.

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m.economictimes.com/news/economy/a…

Center has opened up the restrictions on mapping. Indian companies had so far been required to seek licenses & approvals to create & publish maps & other geospatial data.

Ending those restrictions is part of India’s push toward self-reliance.

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deccanherald.com/national/geo-s…

PM Modi has launched a scheme towards establishment of clear ownership of property in rural areas by mapping of land parcels using drone technology, providing ‘record of rights’ to eligible households by issuing legal ownership cards to them.

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indiatoday.in/india/story/pm…

So if you add up some of these different developments, you will see that DBT will put the benefit of higher MSP directly into the farmer’s hand. Mapping of land parcels and ownership cards will bring transparency to land holding, production variety & volume.

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This is a long term approach to systematic reduction of the exploitative trader’s role in staples

Now you can see why those men are still at the border. Their deathly hold on the Punjab/ Haryana/ UP farmer is being dismantled

Once a farmer tastes the value , no going back.

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