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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | In farmers’ protests, the core is procurement -CSC Sekhar

In farmers’ protests, the core is procurement -CSC Sekhar

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published Published on Dec 4, 2020   modified Modified on Dec 4, 2020

-The Hindu

Farmers of Punjab and Haryana need the MSP-procurement system, but the government needs it even more for the PDS

Farmers’ protests have erupted once again in north India. The farmers’ unions want nothing short of a complete withdrawal of the recently enacted Farm Acts, which they claim will ruin small and marginal farmers. Their main worry is about a possible withdrawal of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and a dismantling of the public procurement of grains. They also contend that by leaving farmers to the mercy of the open market, the stage has been set for large private players to take over agriculture.

Epicentre of the unrest

On the other hand, the government claims that the Acts will only increase options for farmers in the output markets, that the MSP-procurement system will continue, and that there is absolutely no plan to dismantle the system. To support its claims, the government points to the fact that there is absolutely no mention of either MSP or procurement in the Acts. So why are farmers so agitated as to go on a march to Delhi, which according to reports, even turned ugly in several places? It needs to be noted that the protests are largely in the States of Punjab and Haryana. If the government’s assertions are true, then why are farmers in these States so rattled? And how true are the claims and counter-claims put forth by the two sides?

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The Hindu, 4 December, 2020, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/in-farmers-protests-the-core-is-procurement/article33243166.ece?homepage=true


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