Farmers in no mood to relent. What's the solution now?
India TV NewsFarmers are in no mood to compromise even as the government has softened its stance on some demands to include in the new farm laws. Farmers from other states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and others have not extended support to the agitation because they see no reason to oppose the three new laws. Punjab and Haryana farmers feel that the new laws will do away with the APMC procurement process as well as the MSP system. Why the farmers are angry The new laws -- the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce Bill, 2020; the Farmers Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020; and the Essential Commodities Bill, according to the government, seek to provide for trading areas outside the mandis and this has been a source of anger among Punjab and Haryana farmers.