Farm bill 2020 -

farm bill-name of bill, change for 1 st bill ,demands of farm organisation ,implementation ,

1. Farm Bill - 2020

2. B ill name Farmer produce trade and commerce (promotion and facilitation)act 2020 Essential commodities ( amendement ) act 2020 Farmer (empowerment and protection)agreement on price assurance and farm service act 2020 01 02 03

3. 1. Bill pass date -27 sep 2020 2. Bill introduced in Lok sabha -14 th sep 2020 3. Bill passes date in Rajya sabha – 20 sep 2020 4. Agriculture minister – shri Narendra singh toimar On paper this scheme is very good ..

4. Rajya sabha footage (on farm bill)

5. The farmer produce trade and commerce (promotion and facilities) bills allows barrier-free intra and inter state trades of farm produce . Farm produce was slod at notified wholesale markets mandis . APMC (agricultural produce marketing committee) or kisan mandis established year ----2003 There are 7000+ apmc in india Each APMC had licensed middle mam who would buy from farmers –at price set by auction. Before selling to institutional buyer like retailer and big traders . Act -1

6. State government taxes for APMC mandies -- Punjab -8.5 Online system for selling the crop in APMC – e-NAM (electronic national agriculture market) For example mandi tax rate on rice 1.Punjab -6% (for non –basmati) ,4%( for basmati ) 2.Haryana -4% 3.Uttar Pradesh -2% 4. Rajasthan – 1.6% 5.Delhi- 1% Punjab earn an annual revenue – rs 3500 crore mandi tax Act -1

7. State government loses out tax that are charged at mandies endanger the job of millions who work there no annual revenue 4 .no tax deposit to state government . Major problem of farmer 85% of farmers own less than 2 hector land ……. Advantages of 1 st bill (state government )

8. Farmers can eliminate middleman and sell directly to institutional buyer at prices to be agreed between them . Difficult for them to negotiate directly with larger scale buyer . farmers objections Private ‘mandi’ will leads to ultimate closure of exising APMC ‘mandi’ no tax on private market . Small farmer may find it difficult to avail potentially better price at market further away because of constraints on travel and storage there was no restriction on farmers to sell elsewhere earlier too. Changes for 1 st bill

9. This law will allow farmers to enter into agrements with agr-firms,exporters or larger buyers to produce a crop for a pre-agreed price . Farmer are worried this means the MSP WILL VE REMOVED /NO GOVERNMNENT CONTROL OVER PRICES. Demand-link MSP to contract prices Private contract is not linked to MSP (say by the government) Bill no -2

10. The farmers (empowerment &protection)agreement of price assurance and farm service bill For example-1. tomatoes for burger ( macdonald ) contract farming –decided price price can be fixed on contract if the fixed price of tomato is 20rs/kg market price is 10rs/kg Then this is advantage loopholes -not applied for small farmers India have buffer stocks 30 lakh tonn of sugar 221 lakh tonn of rice 478 lakh tonn of wheat Bill no -2

11. Example no 2 one nation one market –sell your apple anywhere trader contain license MSP -23 items (rice and wheat govt buy on MSP) Solution 1. price changes area wise . loopholes – politics . MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE (MSP ) 1. it is not a guarantee that the government will buy from everyoune 2.states like Punjab,Haryana benefits the most from this MSP. 3.the farmers concern is that it most trades happen outside the mandis . Bill no -2

12. Essential commodities (amendment) bill. This bill seeks to remove commudities like cereals,pulses,oilseeds,edible oils , onion and potatoes from the list of essential commodities . For example s – 1. unlimited stocking by the private companies . 2. the essential commodities allows economic agent to stock food article without the fear of being prosecuted for hoarding . 3. unlimited stocking can leads to artificial price. Fluctuation and low prices for farmer after harvest. Bill no -3

13. Farmer with the companies . The act are more favourable toward the companies and not legally empowering the farmer. 6% of the farmer obtained the MSP strengthen MSP - MSP to be made a legal right . Currently procurament is not done for all 20 + crops for which MSP is declared. APMC reforms are needed ,not its removal. The middle man will not go away. Investment in agriculture sector must be from government not private sector . Demands of farmers organisation

14. Scenario – A private markets – higher price for produce –better for farmer . 2. Scenario –B no more government support of MSP-farmer at the whims of market/corporates. Implementation

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