Farmer Bill 2020
Farmer Bill 2020
Farmers Bills 2020
3 Bills in Monsoon Session
- Agri Market Reforms – Farmers Produce Trade, Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill 2020.
- Contract Farming – Farmer (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm services Bill 2020.
- The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill 2020.
Provision | Opposition |
Agri Market Reforms |
|
Freedom to Sell outside APMC (Agri Produce Market Committee) | State loose revenue |
Promote barrier free trade | Commission Agents/ Ardhtiyas may be Marinalised |
Reduce transportation Costs and better proces to Farmers | May end MSP (Min Support Price) |
Facilitate electronic trading | Fate of e-NAM (electronic trading) in absence of physical mandis become uncertains |
Provision | Opposition |
Contract Farming |
|
Farmers contract sale of fulux Produce at pre agreed price | Farmers weaker party to negotiate |
Aggregation Contracts | |
Risk from farmers – sponsors | Sponsors may not deal with multitude of marginal farmers |
Modern Tech a better inputs | |
Cost of marketing and boost farmers in come | sponsors with large resources have advantage in disputes |
directy marketing (w/ointermediate | |
Dispute resolution timelines |
Bill Relating to Commodities
Provision | Opposition |
Removal of cereals pulses, oilseeds, onion and potatoes from essential commodities except extra ordinatory circumstances. | Price limit so high |
FDI in farm sector by reducing regulatory interferance. | Big loss stocking manipulate market price |
Farm infra investment in cold storage, food process + supply Chain | Ban on export onion → doubt on implementation |
Price stability | |
Comptt wastages |
Follow up of National Commission of Farmers 2006 MS Swaminathan govt increased MSP by 1.5 times x Production Cost.
- BJP chief JP Nadda: MSP bill continues MSP for paddy increased by 2.4 times in last 5 years.
- 113,000crore as MSP for wheat, paddy, oil seeds and pulses – 31% increase from previous years.
- MSP for oil seeds and copra rose by 10 times in last fine years.
- MSP for pulses increased by 73% – 5 years.
- After Abrogation of Art 370 Purchase of apples from valley through Govt NAFED ( Mate Agree co-op Marketing Federation of India Ltd.
