Narendra Singh Tomar utterly exposes anti-farmer Punjab govt, and asks farmers,’ Shouldn’t you be protesting that?’

Union Agriculture Minister uncovered Punjab authorities in a speech in Rajya Sabha on farm payments. He introduced the Punjab authorities’s Contract Farming Act, which has provision for 5 years of jail if the farmer exits from the contract. “Punjab Contract Farming Act provides for jail and fine up to Rs five lakh for the farmer. In the Act made by the Government of India, the farmer can come out of contract farming at any time,” mentioned Tomar in Rajya Sabha.“For two months I kept asking the farmers’ union what is ‘black’ in these laws? Tell me if it should be fixed. Opposition leaders called criticising the agrarian reform. But no one tried to explain how are they harming the farmers,” he added.“So, I want to ask the farmers, especially the farmers of Punjab because they have a slightly different situation there — the commission of arhatiyas is different, everything else is different. While we have exempted (transactions) from tax, the state government is levying tax. So, the agitation should be held against the person who is collecting taxes or against the one who is making it tax-free (transactions)? Lekin desh mein ulti Ganga bah rahi hai. (But what is happening is the opposite),” Tomar additional mentioned in Rajya Sabha, not directly focusing on the Punjab authorities.The Punjab authorities, which has already enacted such an act which is tilted within the favour of corporates and places the farmers at an obstacle, handed a decision within the Punjab legislative meeting to nullify the legal guidelines handed by the centre.Punjab, the place the opposition to a few farm payments is most intense, had two contract farming legal guidelines previously. The first legislation was handed by Amarinder Singh in 2003, only a yr after he turned the Chief Minister for the primary time.Contract farming legislation enacted by Punjab authorities supplies for 1 month jail and 5 lakh advantageous if the farmer reneges on his dedication. There is not any punitive provision in opposition to the farmer within the legal guidelines framed by middle.How come no farmer protest ever in opposition to such draconian provisions? pic.twitter.com/7j8xG4I176— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) February 6, 2021In 2012, the Akali Dal, which exited from NDA on the problem of farm legal guidelines, scrapped the contract farming legislation introduced by the Amarinder Singh authorities and introduced a brand new contract farming invoice in 2013 which has draconian provisions corresponding to jail for five years if the farmer seeks to finish the contract.Contract farming is being practised in India for many years and varied governments have tried to formalise it by laws, and the contract farming invoice handed by the union authorities, named ‘Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020,’ is probably the most progressive amongst these.Congress and Akali Dal – each of which tried to show themselves because the well-wisher of the farmers by opposing the farm payments tooth and nail, have handed draconian legal guidelines that favour the corporates whereas the union authorities is tilted within the favour of farmers.The Modi authorities launched three farm payments to chop the bureaucrats and middlemen from the agricultural sector and hyperlink farmers on to the market. With the farm legal guidelines, the Modi authorities supplies a chance for individuals like Kaushlendra throughout the nation who might liberate the farmers and themselves from poverty.The three farm payments would free-up the farmers to promote the merchandise instantly available in the market and minimise the federal government’s energy to control the shares of important commodities which embody varied agricultural merchandise, and formalise contract farming. These payments would minimize the ‘middlemen’ and enhance farmers’ revenue, however the opposition events like Congress, which earlier promised to introduce the identical reforms, at the moment are opposing these payments and misinforming them for his or her petty politics.Modi authorities can be investing closely in agricultural infrastructure to make sure the worth of the output is maximised and the agricultural merchandise don’t go waste within the instances of overproduction. “We have started to provide MSP, 50 per cent more than the production cost. Also, Rs 1 lakh crore agriculture infrastructure fund has been given under the Atmanirbhar package. We have tried to ensure the requisite investment reaches the agriculture sector,” mentioned Tomar in Rajya Sabha.The successive steps of the Modi authorities to double the farmers’ revenue by 2022 will assist to unravel the issues of rural misery and revive rural consumption. Yet, the opposition events can’t cease spreading misinformation concerning the farm legal guidelines. Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar mentioned the identical within the Parliament, exposing the anti-farmer Punjab authorities.