Centre to withdraw controversial farm laws
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After more than a year of protests by farmers across India, the central government has announced that it will withdraw its three controversial farm laws.
Prime Minister Modi made the announcement in an address to the nation on 19 November. He said that the Parliament will work on officially withdrawing the laws later this month when it meets for the Winter Session. The session will be from 29 November to 23 December 2021.
This announcement has come as a surprise. Earlier, a few states (including Kerala and Punjab) had passed resolutions against them.
Over the past year, thousands of farmers have been protesting against the farm laws at the Delhi-Haryana border. Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a group consisting of around 40 farmers’ unions, had been leading the protests. Farmers have been protesting despite the weather and even the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Some have also died after protests turned violent.
Now, the farmers have expressed their joy at the announcement. However, the leaders said that they will continue the protests for now. And they also want a law on MSP (minimum support prices).
The three farm laws
They are
- Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020.
- Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020.
- Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.
They were passed by Parliament in September 2020. The bills aimed to open up the farm sector to more competition, allowing private companies to engage directly with farmers. But farmers were afraid that it would allow private companies to control the market. Read more about them here.
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