Bills passed by Parliament will add impetus to efforts to double income of farmers, ensure greater prosperity for them: PM Narendra Modi
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Bills passed by Parliament will add impetus to efforts to double income of farmers, ensure greater prosperity for them: PM Narendra Modi

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Sunday (September 20, 2020) handed the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 which Prime Minister Narendra Modi thinks will add impetus to efforts to double the revenue of farmers and guarantee larger prosperity for them.

Hours after the invoice was handed by the higher home of the Parliament, PM Modi took to Twitter and mentioned that it is a watershed second within the historical past of Indian agriculture.

“Congratulations to our hardworking farmers on the passage of key bills in Parliament, which will ensure a complete transformation of the agriculture sector as well as empower crores of farmers,” mentioned PM Modi.

He added, “For decades, the Indian farmer was bound by various constraints and bullied by middlemen. The bills passed by Parliament liberate the farmers from such adversities. These bills will add impetus to the efforts to double the income of farmers and ensure greater prosperity for them.”

“Our agriculture sector is in desperate need of latest technology that assists the industrious farmers. Now, with the passage of the bills, our farmers will have easier access to futuristic technology that will boost production and yield better results. This is a welcome step,” said Prime Minister.

He additionally expressed, “I said it earlier and I say it once again: System of MSP will remain. Government procurement will continue. We are here to serve our farmers. We will do everything possible to support them and ensure a better life for their coming generations.”
 

Earlier within the day, the payments have been cleared amid mayhem in Rajya Sabha with a number of MPs taking to the effectively of the House and elevating anti-government slogans.

The payments have been moved in Rajya Sabha by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar who mentioned that the Government beneath PM Modi has taken a number of landmark selections in final six years to make sure that farmers get remunerative costs for his or her produce, and for elevating farmers’ incomes and livelihood standing.

The Union Agriculture Minister mentioned that full safety has been ensured to farmers in these legislations.

In the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, the Centre said the next provisions:

1. The new laws will create an ecosystem the place the farmers and merchants will benefit from the freedom of selection of sale and buy of agri-produce.

2. It may also promote barrier-free inter-state and intra-state commerce and commerce outdoors the bodily premises of markets notified beneath State Agricultural Produce Marketing legislations.

3. The farmers is not going to be charged any cess or levy on the market of their produce and won’t must bear transport prices.

4. The Bill additionally proposes digital buying and selling in transaction platform for making certain a seamless commerce electronically.

5. In addition to mandis, freedom to do buying and selling at farmgate, chilly storage, warehouse, processing models and so forth.

6. Farmers will be capable to interact in direct advertising and marketing thereby eliminating intermediaries leading to full realization of worth.

On the opposite hand, the Centre talked about the next provisions within the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020:

1. The new laws will empower farmers for partaking with processors, wholesalers, aggregators, wholesalers, massive retailers, exporters and so forth., on a stage taking part in subject. Price assurance to farmers even earlier than sowing of crops. In case of upper market worth, farmers shall be entitled to this worth over and above the minimal worth.

2. It will switch the danger of market unpredictability from the farmer to the sponsor. Due to prior worth dedication, farmers shall be shielded from the rise and fall of market costs.

3. It may also allow the farmer to entry trendy expertise, higher seed and different inputs.

4. It will cut back the price of advertising and marketing and enhance the revenue of farmers.

5. Effective dispute decision mechanism has been supplied for with clear timelines for redressal.

6. Impetus to analysis and new expertise within the agriculture sector.

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