SC panel ready with list of issues affecting farm sector

The five-member high-powered committee appointed by the Supreme Court has finalised the issues affecting the farm sector and would soon submit a report in this regard to the court. According to a committee member, the report will highlight key issues contributing to the ongoing agrarian crisis in Punjab and Haryana. The committee, headed by a former Punjab & Haryana high court judge, has met various farm unions and agriculture experts before finalising the issues. The five-member high-powered committee is chaired by justice Nawab Singh, a former judge of the Punjab & Haryana high court, and the other members of the committee includes BS Sandhu, former director general of Police, Haryana; Devinder Sharma, known for his expertise in agricultural issues; Prof Ranjit Singh Ghumman, professor of eminence at Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar; and Dr Sukhpal Singh, agricultural economist from Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.