Keypoints:
- The three laws passed by parliament in the last year will help farmers fetch more prices in the market.
- Tomar said that the laws will also boost investment in the farm sector.
- It’s been more than 100 days since the farmers protest against the agricultural laws.
- The protesters have been demanding the withdrawal of three contentious farm laws.
On Saturday, Union Agri Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said it once again that the government is ready to amend all the three farm laws to which the farmers have been protesting for over 100 days now. The farmers are demanding repeal of the three contentious farm laws.
‘To respect the sentiments of the protesting farmers’ is why the government is ready to amend the farm laws, said Tomar while addressing the fifth national convention of Agrivision. However, he stressed that the government’s proposal does not mean that there were any deficiencies in these reform laws. The same statement was made in Rajya Sabha last month.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the government has assured that the MSP system is here to stay but the farmers have not ended their protest.
Talking about the ongoing farmers’ agitation, Tomar wondered how this agitation will be beneficial for the farmers.
“Main ye manta hoon, loktantra mein asahmati ka apna sthan hai, virodh ka bhi apna sthan hai, matbhed ke bhi apne mahatva hai. Lekin kya virodh is keemat par kiya jaana chahiye, jo desh ka nuksan kare (There is a place for disagreement in democracy and so is for opposition and difference of opinion, but should there be any opposition that can harm the nation),” he said.
The minister said there are always an opposition to big reforms, but people do accept changes if the intention and policies are correct.
On January 12, the Supreme Court had stayed the implementation of the three contentious farm laws for two months and had asked the committee to submit a report after consulting the stakeholders.
