-TheWire.in With low levels of farmers' income and a lack of assured price mechanism, what impact will the three Farm Bills have in the long term on India's agrarian economy. Here's an analysis. Last week, the Union government passed three bills to replace the three ordinances that were enacted during the COVID-19 lockdown. These three bills, expected to bring revolutionary changes to agrarian context and help double farmers’ incomes are: The Farmers’...
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What economists like Ashok Gulati still don’t understand about agriculture in India -Yogendra Yadav
-ThePrint.in Indian farmers have read the writing on the wall. India’s economists have not. Do Indian farmers understand the agrarian economy better than Ashok Gulati? Ridiculous as it might sound, the answer could well be: yes. Professor Ashok Gulati is the leading agricultural economist in India, and among the scholars I read, consult and respect. He combines solid scholarship with genuine concern for the farmers. He has the spine to stand against governments...
More »Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch opposes the passage of 3 Farm Bills
-Press statement by Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch (MAKAAM) dated 30th September, 2020 Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch (MAKAAM) opposes the unilateral and undemocratic passage of the 3 farm-related Bills in the Parliament by the BJP led government at the Center, which subsequently received presidential assent. Though these legislations were brought in in the name of farmers, there has been no evidence proffered about how this is so, and clearly, these are meant...
More »An Expert Explains: Farm Acts and federalism -Faizan Mustafa
-The Indian Express As Opposition and regional parties protest the contentious farm laws, now challenged in Supreme Court, engaging with the key question: Does the enactment of the laws violate the federal principle? On Sunday, the President gave assent to the controversial Farm Bills passed by Parliament last week. Amid protests by farmers’ organisations across the country, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Punjab have said they might not implement the new laws, Kerala and...
More »President Signs Farm Bills Passed Amid Unprecedented Drama In Parliament -Sunil Prabhu and Anindita Sanyal
-NDTV Earlier this week, huge framers' protests were held over the bills, especially in Punjab and Haryana, states that are dubbed the grain bowl of the country. New Delhi: All three controversial Farm Bills that are at the centre of a huge political storm and cost the ruling BJP its alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal, became laws on Sunday with the signature of President Ram Nath Kovind. Flagging them as "historic"...
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