Why farmer’s welfare are sacrificed at the altar of politics
Amid opposition protest and ugly scene created by some opposition members Rajya Sabha on 20th September passed three bills relating to the welfare of farmers in the ongoing monsoon session of the parliament. With this as the Lok Sabha had already passed these bills, the Parliament had approved the big ticket reforms in Agriculture. These are; The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020. These Bills were brought to deal with the long standing demands of the farmers to liberate them from the clutches of middle men and from all kind the restrictions. This is for the first time that genuine attempts were made to give big relief to farmers to increase their earnings and push the agriculture growth. It would also solve the vexed complexities in ever increasing number of marginal farmers due to incre...