The three now-repealed agriculture reforms aimed to modernise the sector by reducing dependency on middlemen. The government of India enacted it to give farmers the freedom to sell farm produce anywhere in the country, within APMC mandis or outside them. While their statement reflected a broader apprehension that the global trade agreements affect the local agriculture trade, the GoI’s position …
One of the chief aims of The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce Act, 2020 is to unshackle farmers from notified markets. The tradition earlier was to sell in mandis.” However, latest available survey data show that most small farmers were already selling their produce to private traders. Not a primary choice Close to 44% of produce were sold to private …
The Congress on Saturday hit out at the Centre over three farm ordinances, alleging that they would subjugate the farmers “at the altar of a handful of crony capitalists” and were a “death knell” for agriculture. The ordinances seek to provide barrier-free trade for farmers’ produce outside notified farm mandis, and empower farmers to enter into farming agreements with private …
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