Longding, Dec 28: Arguing strongly in favour of the new farm laws, In-Charge Head, KVK Longding Dr A. Kirankumar Singh has said the reforms the three laws will usher in is the need of the hour for overall benefit of the state’s and country’s farming community.
Elaborating the benefits the three new farm laws aim to deliver, Dr Singh said the Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and facilitation) Act 2020 will be instrumental in giving the much-needed freedom of choice of sale and purchase of produce to the farmers at remunerative prices, besides bringing transparency and barrier-free inter and intra-state trade and commerce outside the physical premises of the APMCs. While reiterating that the APMCs will continue to function, he added that the Act will provide the farmers with additional marketing channels and there will be no bearing on MSP. Payment has to be made to farmers on the same day of transaction or within 3 working days where procedure so requires and there will be scope for online trading also, he said.
Dispelling fears regarding the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020, the KVK Longding Head said there will be a legal framework for agreements between farmers and sponsors for purchase of farming produce and provision of farm services entered into before harvest and the dispute resolution mechanism which ensures protection rights for both farmers and buyers has also been well defined in the Act. Deliberating on the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020, he assured the farming community that it will be invoked only in extraordinary situations of war, famine, extraordinary price rise, natural calamities etc. and the clause of ‘imposition of stock limits’ will be based on price rise and can only be imposed if there is a 100% increase in retail price of horticultural produce and a 50% increase in retail price of non-perishable produce.
Dr Singh has reasoned that the benefits from the three farm laws will far outweigh the perceived negativities as there will be a single unified pan-India market, end of APMC cartel monopoly, continuation of MSP, reduction in market fees, taxes etc., development of farm infrastructure and most importantly freedom for farmers to sell their produce to whom they want and where they want.  

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