In the government’s first reaction to the recommendations of the Supreme Court-appointed three-member committee on agricultural laws, Kailash Choudhary, the minister of state for agriculture, said the report would be taken up when a committee considers the demand for legalizing the minimum. Support Price (MSP) is formed.
In a special conversation with News18.com, the minister said that the recommendations will not go in vain. He also promised to discuss the demand of farmers for legal guarantee on MSP, committee will be formed soon.
“Kisan ke hit ke Law The. They were formed after extensive consultations with stakeholders including farmers,” he said, adding, “The recommendations of this committee (SC committee) will also be discussed during the discussion of the committee on MSP, which is expected to be constituted soon.” It is.” said the minister.
Chowdhary said that three agriculture laws passed in Parliament were in favor of farmers.
The three laws were the Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, the Compromise of Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Price Assurance and Agricultural Services Act, and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.
It took a year because of the enactment of agricultural laws Nervousness from farmers. The laws were repealed in November 2021.
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“Now, the report states that farmers also believed that these were for the upliftment of their lives,” the minister said.
Then why did the government not ask the court about this? “The member is stating that he had written to the court to make the report public. It is the prerogative of the court to issue the report.”
Who released the report?
The SC committee was constituted in January 2021. It submitted its report to the SC on March 19, 2021, but it is yet to be made public by the court.
Anil Ghanwat, president of Maharashtra-based farmers’ union Shetkari Sangathan, founded by Sharad Joshi, released the report of a three-member committee appointed by the SC to look into the three agricultural laws. Ghanvat was one of the members and he wrote to them Government And the court should issue the report which was with the court for one year.
“We were very disappointed when the central government repealed the laws,” Ghanvat told News18.com.
What does it say?
The report said that 73 farmer organizations made presentations to the panel. Of these, 61 represent 3.3 crore farmers, supported Agricultural law in its entirety.
It also recommended the repeal of the Essential Commodities Act 1995 and revisiting the MSP and procurement policy with a cap on the purchase of wheat and rice, to give the state the power to fix the MSP of the crop it purchases. .
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