At ThePrint’s Off The Cuff, three agricultural experts, Siraj Hussain, Ashok Gulati & Mekhala Krishnamurthy, weigh in on the contentious farm laws and the farmers’ protests.
The farm sector will attract private investment only if traders are assured that the govt will not put a constraint in their selling and purchasing price.
The govt hasn’t done away with APMCs but given farmers the ability to sell outside mandis. Arguments that the ordinance violates the Constitution are flawed.
The idea of giving 1.5 times the cost of the produce is good, but with challenges in implementation, achieving effectiveness will require innovative approach.
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Protest against farm laws are by farmers who want high prices and subsidy .
We in the cities work in conditions some times work than farm animals , pay income tax which cross subsidizes these farmers.
We the 85 percent of GDP contributers insist that no more giving away our hard earned income to rich farmers in form of free electricity and MSP and free fertiliser.
GOVERNMENT CAN GIVE DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER TO FARMERS BASED ON PARAMETERS SET UP BY EXPERTS.
Disclaimer: Not a political comment
Pray, what is the responsibility of the media to communicate? Is communicating the administration’s view point publicly anathema to mainstream media? Or it is about money and TRP?
Protest against farm laws are by farmers who want high prices and subsidy .
We in the cities work in conditions some times work than farm animals , pay income tax which cross subsidizes these farmers.
We the 85 percent of GDP contributers insist that no more giving away our hard earned income to rich farmers in form of free electricity and MSP and free fertiliser.
GOVERNMENT CAN GIVE DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER TO FARMERS BASED ON PARAMETERS SET UP BY EXPERTS.
Disclaimer: Not a political comment
Pray, what is the responsibility of the media to communicate? Is communicating the administration’s view point publicly anathema to mainstream media? Or it is about money and TRP?