Thursday, November 26, 2020

New Farmers act, need to educate farmers

 Benefits of New Farmers  Act 2020.


Need to educate farmers on benefits of provisions of new act for them.


A Farmer in maharashtra sues the trader for his dues under new act and he got the payment immediately.

https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-a-first-farmer-sues-traders-under-new-law-gets-dues/story-ZC12X1nMl13Ssiby04Mx2M_amp.html?__twitter_impression=true

It may be noted that getting payment from traders after selling their produce would be a great hassle for farmers earlier. Under, the new act, not only the farmers have wider choice, whom to  sell their produce or not at market rates but now they have also provision to get their payment within three days of selling their produce.


Looks like, farmers are being incited by political parties for political reasons, otherwise new farmers act are beneficial to farmers in so many ways. This new farmers act is intended to benefit common poor farmers and help them free from clutches of commission agents(generally rich and powerful political leaders in the masks of farmers' leaders in Punjab etc.). As the vested interests of above-said political leaders are vastly affected by new farmers act, they are trying to mislead common poor farmers. 


Need of the hour is to educate ordinary farmers about new provisions of act and how the same are going to benefit them and I am sure within a few months, this kind of farmers' protest as being witnessed currently in form of "Dilli chalo" shall never happen.



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