Centre can amend farm laws, but won’t repeal them: Kishan
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Centre can amend farm laws, but won’t repeal them: Kishan
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Hyderabad: Union minister of state for home affairs G Kishan Reddy on Monday said that the Union government will not repeal the new farm laws despite protests from farmers. Addressing a press conference at BJP party office, he said, “The government is ready to make amendments to the laws as the farmers wish but will not scrap the laws”. The Union minister alleged that the market yard lobby in Punjab has strong control over the farmers and is behind the protests. The minister said that the farmers’ groups were happy with the discussions with the Centre, however, he said that after going back they refused all amendments and wanted the laws to be repealed. “Although the MSP (minimum support price) for crops was never legally bound, we even assured them that we will make it a part of MSP. In fact, we will add more varieties of crops under MSP category,” said Reddy.
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The Times of India
Date
2020-12-15
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Hyderabad