Sreshtha Malik 21 June 2021
P. Venu (Advocate) 23 June 2021
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T. Kalaiselvan, Advocate (Advocate) 24 June 2021
The Supreme Court has put on hold the implementation of the three farm laws that are at the centre of farmers' protests. The top court also formed a committee of experts to help in resolving the impasse.
The President gave his assent on September 27 to the three contentious agriculture Bills that were earlier passed by the Parliament. The opposition as well as long-time BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal have termed these reforms as "anti-farmer".
The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill does not give any statutory backing to MSP. Forget making it a legal right, there isn’t even a mention of either “MSP” or “procurement” in the Bill passed by both Houses of Parliament
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said the new legislation has “nothing to do with MSP”. Instead, its objective is simply to grant farmers and traders the freedom of choice to sell and buy agricultural produce outside the premises of APMC mandis. MSP and procurement, according to him, are entirely separate issues: “MSP was not part of any law before. Nor is it part of any law today.”