Union Cabinet Wednesday cleared an amendment to the Essential Commodities Act and brought an ordinance that will allow farmers to sell their produce to anyone.
The Act also has punishable provision — violation invites conviction with fine, which may extend upto Rs 50 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 days.
Until 24 May, while MP has exceeded its target and Punjab has almost completed its own, UP has just procured 37% of its target of 55 lakh metric tonnes.
Cyclone Amphan has added to the woes of farmers in West Bengal and Odisha who were only just beginning to harvest and sell their crop following the easing of lockdown restrictions.
Economic package assumes people will go back to villages, and rural incomes need to be boosted. Modi govt seems to be trying to give them employment there.
India has once again lived up to reputation of using a crisis to unleash difficult reforms. Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced bold reforms in holy cow sectors like agriculture and defence.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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