The Indian farmers’ protest is an ongoing protest against the three farm acts passed by the Indian Parliament in 2020. The acts have been described as ‘anti-farmer laws’ by farmer unions. The farmers believe that the laws will open the sale and marketing of agricultural products outside the notified Agricultural Produce Market Committee mandis. They are also demanding for MSPs to be guaranteed by the government.
About 2020 Indian farmers’ protest in brief
The Indian farmers’ protest is an ongoing protest against the three farm acts passed by the Indian Parliament in 2020. The acts have been described as ‘anti-farmer laws’ by farmer unions. The farmers believe that the laws will open the sale and marketing of agricultural products outside the notified Agricultural Produce Market Committee mandis for farmers. They are also demanding for MSPs to be guaranteed by the government. As of 3 December 2020, the farmers’ demands include: The government must guarantee the MSP of all crops grown in India. The state governments should not be able to collect a market fee, cess or levy for trade outside the APMC markets. The laws should not end the mandi system and leave farmers at the mercy of corporates. The new laws should allow inter-state trade and encourage electronic trading of agricultural produce. They should end the practice of hoarding and agricultural marketing and contract farming reforms among other things. The law should not allow the state governments to collect market fees or levies for the sale of farm produce outside the mandis. It should also stop the state government from collecting market fees for agricultural produce sold outside the markets.
There should be a guarantee of MSP for all crops sold in the state, and a minimum support price (MSP) for each crop. The act should not lead to the abolishment of procurement of their crop at the M SP. It must end the hoarding of crops and the marketing of crops outside of the notified mandis, and it should not encourage the use of electronic trading for agricultural products. There must be an end to hoarding, agricultural marketing, contract farming and hoarding in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Kerala and other states. The legislation should not prevent the sale, hoarding or marketing of agriculture products outside of these notified mandi markets. It is the responsibility of the states to implement the laws, not of the central government. The bill should not stop the states from selling agricultural produce outside these notified markets. This is a violation of the Indian constitution, which protects the right of farmers to sell their produce in the notified markets, as well as the right to a fair price for their produce. The bills should not have been introduced as bills and should have been passed as acts by the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
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