FARM REFORM BILLS (ACTS) 2020 – HOW THESE ARE GAME CHANGERS ?
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The Government of India in its Monsoon session in the Parliament passed three key bills in the Lok Sabha on the 17th September 2020, two in the Rajya Sabha on 20th September 2020, one on 22nd September 2020 respectively. These include: 1) THE FARMERS’ PRODUCE TRADE AND COMMERCE (PROMOTION AND FACILITATION) BILL, 2020; 2) THE FARMERS (EMPOWERMENT AND PROTECTION) AGREEMENT ON PRICE ASSURANCE AND FARM SERVICES BILL, 2020; 3) THE ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020. The first two seeks to replace the Ordinances by the same name tabled in June ‘20 during the course of the Pandemic.
Here, the salient points in the Bills which demonstrate how the bills are actually pro-farmer shall be discussed, besides the merits and far-reaching consequences and end with words of caution and conclusion.
As regards the first premise are hereby listed all the relevant points and sections which establishes that the bills are pro-farmer viz.,
1) THE FARMERS’ PRODUCE TRADE AND COMMERCE (PROMOTION AND FACILITATION) BILL, 2020
2) THE FARMERS (EMPOWERMENT AND PROTECTION) AGREEMENT ON PRICE ASSURANCE AND FARM SERVICES BILL, 2020
3) THE ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2020
MERITS OF ALL THREE BILLS (SOON TO BE ACTS) PUT TOGETHER
WORDS OF CAUTION
The Acts provide a clear roadmap of revolutionizing Indian agriculture through contract farming while protecting the rights of the farmers to the fullest extent. However, a lot depends on the actual implementation and some due care needs to be taken in areas such as:
CONCLUSION
In summary can conclude that the Farm Acts are game-changers in transforming the lot of the farmers, freeing them from the clutches of middlemen and vested interests. With the right push in implementation, taking care of few areas where things can get into bottlenecks, expect a transformed Indian rural and farm face in the next five-ten years into the future.
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