Sir,
This refers to the farmers agitation underway in the country. There is no mention of Minimum Support Price (MSP) to the farmers in the bills as is claimed by the Government that it shall be given to the farmers. How can anybody claim that MSP shall remain the same whereas there is no mention of continuation of the MSP in the bills and there are ample chances that the MSP shall be discontinued and the farmer shall suffer for inadequate knowledge about the open market
Second is about mandi laws . The farmer is not so educated about laws. When the farmer will go to sell his produce to the market he will be exploited in the name of new farm bills by the officials of the Mandis.
Further, as mentioned by Rekha Mahajan in her article that not a single APMC ( Agricultural Produce Market committee ) is going to be closed but the farmer wants their assurance in the farmer bills in this country.
As per new bills, it is a choice to the farmers to sell their produce to the market or outside the market. It is already available to the farmers and the farmers of Jammu and Kashmir are selling their Apple crop throughout the country without any barrier.
Third is contract farming. In this regard it may be mentioned that if there is less price in the market than the price agreed to in the contract, then the company will purchase the produce from the open market and the poor farmer will not be in position to get his contract completed without intervention of the judicial system.
The Farmer knows that his land can not be taken by the company but he will suffer in the hands of the company if the price at the time of sale is adverse due to any reason.
The farmer of Punjab Haryana and Uttar Pradesh is not so simple that anybody or political party can misguide him.
We the people of whole country appreciate the good steps taken by the Government to improve the financial condition of the farmers and also request to the present Government to accede to the genuine concerns of the farmers in the larger interest of the country as the farmer is the Anndata and contributor to the GDP growth
Hem Dogra
Jammu
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