Why are the Farmers fighting against the three Farm Bills?
What does the three Farm Bills stand for?
Why are farmers of some particular states more vocal about the Bills?
Should the government repeal the three Farm Bills?
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The farmers of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Haryana are angry with the provisions of these Bills as they are afraid that these Bills may be the platform that the government (at the Centre) is setting up for the replacement or scrapping of the otherwise robust support system prevalent in their states for the purchase of
These three bills, expected to bring revolutionary changes to agrarian context and help double farmers' incomes are: The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020; The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and The Essential
One of the biggest issues pointed out by farmers is the fact that the bills exclude a price guarantee mechanism like MSP. “The government says there will be an MSP, but can it assure whether procurement will be done at MSP.
There is currently widespread farmers' protest going on against the three reforms — Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.
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