Opposition misleading farmers on new bills: Gordhan Zadafiya
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Opposition misleading farmers on new bills: Gordhan Zadafiya
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RAJKOT: State BJP vice-president Gordhan Zadafiya on Friday accused the opposition parties for spreading misinformation regarding the farm bills passed in the Lok Sabha recently. The parliament recently passed The Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill “There is no provision in the bills that is against the interest of farmers, but the opposition is only misguiding them. The government will not stop procurement of farm produce at minimum support price (MSP) from marketing yard,” he told reporters here. “The farmers are now free to sell their produce wherever they get good price in the entire country. If industrialists have freedom to sell their products everywhere, why should farmers not get this liberty?” Zadafiya said. The bill provides farmers the freedom to sell their produce anywhere instead of the current law where they are required to sell the crops through APMCs only. The second bill empowers them to engage with agribusiness firms, processors, wholesalers and exporters.
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The Times of India
Date
2020-09-26
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Rajkot