Assembly passes farm bills, MSPmandatory for contract farming
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Assembly passes farm bills, MSPmandatory for contract farming
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Jaipur: The Rajasthan assembly on Monday passed three amendment bills to counter the farm laws recently passed by the Centre which the state government had accused of being anti-farmer and benefitting corporates. The amendments make the minimum support price (MSP) mandatory for contract farming but not for sale/purchase made in mandis; reintroduce taxes on mandis; empower state to impose stock limits to check black marketing; provision 3 to 7 years jail and fine up to Rs 5 lakh for harassing farmers; and prevent banks from attaching debtor farmers’ land up to five acres. BJP members opposed the state bills during the day-long assembly debate and staged a walkout when they were passed late night. Before adjourning the two-day session sine die, the assembly also passed the Rajasthan Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill that made the state the first in the country to make wearing face masks mandatory.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2020-11-03
Coverage
Jaipur