Punjab Assembly demands unconditional withdrawal of farm laws
Rajan Nath
March 5th 2021 04:21 PM --
Updated:
March 5th 2021 04:25 PM
Punjab Budget Session 2021: Punjab Vidhan Sabha seeks unconditional withdrawal of Farm Laws 2020. Even as the Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Friday asked 10 questions from the nation to expose the true intent of the Centre behind the legislations.
- Who benefits from completely Unregulated Private Mandis?
- Who benefits from a 100 percent waiver of Mandi Fees, Cess, and taxes in a Private Mandi?
- Who benefits by debarring Government Officials from offering MSP to farmers in a Private Mandi?
- Who benefits when we abolish the institution of Arhtiyas, who are mandated by law to provide Mandi Services of cleaning of grains, unloading, and loading of bags, and stitching of bags strictly at rates fixed by the Government?
- Who benefits when Mandi Fees/charges, currently mandated to be paid by the purchaser, are deregulated with the liberty to charge these from the farmers?
- Who benefits when Private Mandis are given the liberty to fix service charges for any activity undertaken in such a Mandi?
- Who benefits when farmers are debarred from approaching civil courts for any dispute related to an Agreement signed with the Corporates?
- Who benefits when the Government is rendered ineligible to intervene in any dispute between the farmer and a corporate?
- Who benefits when Stock Limits on the storage of food grains by private persons/corporates are abolished?
- Who benefits when the specifications of seeds and fertilizers are totally deregulated and the Government is rendered ineligible to specify any parameters for them?