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Farm Laws 2020 | Why farmers are protesting | Explained



 
In Rajya Sabha Narendra Singh Tomar asked to elucidate flaws in three farm laws. 

"इन तीनों कानूनों में काला क्या है?" 

कला कानून is an extreme terminology which protestors uses to attract government attention. 

Govenment should ignore such extreme terminology and focus on issues that protestors are raising. 

Let's talk about it...

The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 

  1. The bill brings parallel market to the APMC run by Private entity. Simply if we decode their provision -
  2. Remove barrier for interstate trade ☑️
  3. ​Framework for electronic trade of agriculture produce. ☑️
  4. ​Expands scope of trade area for farmers ☑️
  5. ​It prohibit state government to levy any market fee, cess or levy on farmers produce conducted in an outside the trade area ❎
  6. The act seek to break the monopoly of APMC or mandies and allow farmers to sell directly to private entity ☑️

The Farmers (Empowerment & Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill

  1. ​It provides framework for contract farming, farmers to enter into written contract with private entities. ☑️
  2. ​The written farming agreement would be in advance, list of terms & condition for supply, quality, grade, standards and price of farm produce and services ☑️
  3. ​Despute resolution mechanism - The act provide three level dispute settlement mechanism - conciliation board, SDM and Appleate authority ❎ (No judicial provision)

Essential Commodity (Amendment) Act 2020 

  1. ​Removed food commodity (cereals, pulses, edible oils, onions, potatoes etc...) ☑️
  2. ​Deregulate storage, movement and distribution of these food commodity. ☑️
  3. Removed stockhoarding limit except under extraordinary circumstances like war, natural disasters, extraordinary price rise 50% for Perishable and 100% for non-perishable ☑️
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