File Photo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media outside Parliament in New Delhi on Sept. 14, 2020 (Press Information Office via AP).
The bills passed by Parliament will free farmers from the constraints of middlemen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.
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On Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, hailing the passage of the agricultural reform bills as a “watershed moment” in Rajya Sabha, reassured protesting farmers that the minimum price support system would not be touched. (MSP) and that the government purchase of its products would continue. .
“A watershed moment in the history of Indian agriculture! Congratulations to our hardworking farmers on the passage of key bills in Parliament, which will ensure a complete transformation of the agricultural sector and empower millions of farmers, ”Modi said on Twitter, shortly after the bills were passed amid from the chaos of the opposition in El Alto. House.
“For decades, the Indian farmer was subject to various constraints and harassed by middlemen. The bills passed by Parliament free farmers from such adversities. These bills will boost efforts to double farmers’ incomes and ensure greater prosperity for them, ”he added.
मैं पहले भी कहा चुका हूं और एक बार फिर कहता हूं: MSP की व्यवस्था जारी रहेगी। सरकारी खरीद जारी रहेगी।हम यहां अपने किसानों की सेवा के लिए हैं। हम अन्नदाताओं की सहायता के लिए हरसंभव प्रयास करेंगे और उनकी आने वाली पीढ़ियों के लिए बेहतर जीवन सुनिश्चित करेंगे।
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 20, 2020
The two controversial agricultural bills, the 2020 Agricultural Products Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, and the Farmers’ Agricultural Price and Services Guarantee Agreement (Empowerment and Protection), 2020, were passed. amid the chaos in Rajya Sabha. three days after they were cleared at Lok Sabha.
A voice vote to pass the bills was drowned out amid chants from opposition members, some of whom wanted the discussion to continue on Monday, while others wanted the bills to be sent to a Select Committee. Some MPs headed for the upper house well, while Trinamool Congressional MP Derek O’Brien ran for the presidency and tore up the documents.
Before the pandemonium broke out, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar assured the House that “the MSPs will not touch each other at any cost. They are not just these bills, many measures have been taken to double the income of the farmers in the last 6 years. There is no need to doubt that farmers will continue to take advantage of the MSP. “
“Despite the recommendations of various commissions and experts, Congress never did justice to farmers who were helpless for years. Today, when Congress realized that they had no support in Rajya Sabha, they turned to ‘gundagardi (vandalism), ‘”Tomar later told reporters outside the Chamber.
The Agricultural Products Trade and Trade (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill of 2020 seeks to give farmers freedom to sell their products anywhere in the country. The Agricultural Price Assurance and Services Agreement for Farmers (Empowerment and Protection), 2020, establishes a national framework on agricultural agreements that protects and empowers farmers to interact with agro-industrial companies, processors, wholesalers, exporters or large retailers for agricultural services . .
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