The panel had submitted its report to the apex court on March 19 after studying three agricultural laws and consulting with stakeholders (Image: PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)
The panel had submitted its report to the apex court on March 19 after studying three agricultural laws and in consultation with stakeholders.
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Anil J Ghanwat, a member of the Supreme Court-appointed three-member committee on agricultural laws, on Monday said he would take a decision on releasing the panel’s report after analyzing the legal consequences and claimed that two other members were at liberty to take them. has given. a call. The panel, after studying three agricultural laws and consulting with stakeholders, had submitted its report to the apex court on March 19. Since then, the report has not been made public even though Ghanvat requested the Chief Justice. India A letter dated September 1 to release the report in the public domain stated that “the recommendations will pave the way for resolving the ongoing farmers’ agitation.” Speaking to PTI, Shetkari Sangathan president Ghanwat said that the committee met on Monday. In the backdrop of the government’s decision to repeal three agriculture laws. “We discussed in detail whether to make the report public or not. The other two members gave me the liberty to take a call on the issue. I will take a decision after analyzing the legal consequences, if any,” he said. The other two members of the committee are Ashok Gulati (agricultural economist and former chairman of the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices) and Pramod Kumar Joshi (agricultural economist and director of South Asia at the International Food Policy Research Institute).
Both these members were not available for comment. Ghanwat said that unlike these two members, who are academics and professionals, he is a farmer leader. The report of the panel is in the “favor” of the farming community and should be released in the public domain in the larger interest of the country’s agriculture sector and farmers’ welfare. Expressing dismay over the government’s decision to repeal agricultural laws, Ghanwat said last week that the decision “won’t even end the movement. As would be his demand to make Minimum Support Price (MSP) legal. And this decision will be taken by the BJP.” Will not help politically either.” “It is a very unfortunate decision.
The farmers were given some freedom, but now they will be exploited as they have been exploited since independence or after British rule.’ Act, 2020; Agreement of Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Price Assurance and Agricultural Services Act; and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.
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