WHAT ARE FARM BILLS?
Bills (when passed by the Parliament) become laws; wherein we understand that these are yet to be executed in the polity. According to the modus operandi, the bills (3 of them in totality) were granted the presidential assent which provoked agitations by the opposition, which then resulted into establishment of a committee as stayed by the Supreme Court.
WHAT ARE THE FABRICS OF THE BILL?
1. The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce Bill,2020
According to the government, this bill allows promotion and facilitation of the agricultural produce outside the APMCs ( Agricultural Produce Market Committee) / mandis; which grants greater horizon for the supply of the produce and helps the farmer explore the open market.
2. The Farmers’ Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill,2020
This bill empowers and protects the farmers; who were initially on verge of crystallization due to publicly owned APMCs, through setting a framework for contract farming; which will provide fare share of pay proportionate to the produce.
3. The Essential Commodities Bill,2020
An amendment in nature, facilitates intra and inter state convention of the agricultural produce without levying any market fee, beyond the APMC areas. It by and large smoothens the national agri-trade cycle.
Having tabled these bills the government is quite confident about the fact that it will mend the clogs of the traditional farming and will set a new pace by opening the rural doors to the broad urban gateways. The government, with welfare wants to prioritize profits too (which may not always turn thorny ) and importantly are need of an hour.
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