three farm laws

description of the three farm laws

1. GROUP DISCUSSION BBM-406 THE NEW FARM LAWS, 2020 Presented by- Anubhav Bhatnagar(1950343) Mohit Srivastava (1950353) Shrey Sarabhai (1950357 )

2. Fight Against Corona Virus

3. Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee: APMC Act 2003. APMC also known as ‘mandi’ is a place where all the farmers can come and sell their produce to traders and Food Corporation of India. It also has storage facility. Aim- to eliminate exploitation of small farmers by big farmers Minimum Support Price: Introduced in 1966-67 A minimum price which the government pays at the time of procurement. It is issued for 23 crops- 7 rabi 14 kharif crop 2 full year crop Fair & Remunerative Price: MSP for sugarcane Mission Sahakar: Government target to doubling farmers income by 2022. Basic terminologies

4. Introduction On 5 th June,2020, the Modi government promulgated an ordinance (Article123) for passing the new farm laws 2020. this sudden promulgation gave rise confusion and chaos leading to which many farmer unions marching on roads, protesting, and the capital New Delhi witnessed violence. Currently, the Supreme Court has put the laws on hold for one year and referring bill to the parliamentary committee.

5. The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020

6. Concerns Farmers and opposition parties claiming that, by this new bill the government wants to end APMC.

7. Stats By 2024, the Food Processing industry will potentially attract $33 billion investments and generate employment for 9 million people. By 2025, India’s food processing sector is expected to be worth over half a trillion dollars. By 2030, Indian annual household consumption to treble, making India 5th largest consumer.

8. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 allows the central government to regulate the supply of certain food items only under extraordinary circumstances (such as war and ,famine, high price rise or natural calamities ). Stock limits may be imposed on agricultural produce only if there is a steep price rise.

9. Hoarding E ssential commodit y Artificial Demand affect the normal life of the people food, medicines, fuel petroleum products etc. For eg:- Artificial demand Onion demand will increase Price will increase

10. Ammendment cereals, pulses, potato, onion, edible oilseeds, & oils removing certain commodities as essential Govt will only regulate SUPPLY & PRICES in cases of War, Famine, High Price Rise, or Natural Calamities Price will increase Boosting farmer's income High price Non perishabl e items Perishable items Perishable items 50% increase in retail price 100% increase in retail price

11. Criticism of the law Misuse of ordinance power by the central government The central government surpassed its dimension and made law on the subject under state list. Squashing the role of parliamentarians to discuss the law No prior notification Not referring the to any committee

12. Conclusion Privatization should be encouraged in agriculture so that farmers will always have an alternate for APMC, also, they can directly deal with private players. Contractual farming will allow them to get more return for their crop, private players will provide them with all facilities allied to farming activities. Through these bold steps India will achieve its Mission Sahakar 2022.

13. BIBLIOGRAPHY The Indian express Press Information Bureau Ministry Of Agriculture and Farmers welfare

14. THANK YOU