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States of Punjab And Haryana Remain The Axis Of Farm Protest

States of Punjab and Haryana remain the axis of protest. Farmers of the States of Punjab and Haryana are currently agitating over three bills related to agriculture.

Parallel to the mandi system in the country, there is a strong opposition in both these states to create another system of grain procurement.

According to the Shanta Kumar committee report, only six percent of the farmers in the country are able to take advantage of the minimum support price (MSP).

These are farmers who are well-off and have large holdings. Most of these farmers are from the states of Punjab and Haryana. In such a situation, let us know why these two states remain the axis of protest?

Since the formation of the Punjab Mandi Act 1961, not only mandis were started in the state but a large road network was also established to connect villages to cities with the funds for rural development.

By 1976 all the villages in Punjab had joined the mandis.  This was possible only due to the market fee and the RDAF, two percent of the grain sold in the mandis.

Due to government procurement of wheat and paddy in the mandis of Punjab, the entire MSP gets here, while the remaining crops are announced only on the MSP, no agency buys them at the minimum support price.

This is the reason that where once there were 26 crops in Punjab, today there are only 6.

Most of the land is occupied by wheat and paddy. Now, with the introduction of the new bill, farmers feel that wheat and paddy crop will also be sold outside the mandis because companies and traders will not have to pay about eight and a half percent tax and commission if they buy outside the mandi.

This would cause the mandis to break and the farmer would be completely trapped in the clutches of the traders. Balbir Singh Rajewal, the head of the Bharatiya Kisan Union, says that if the government wants to bring these bills, then first bring the fourth bill and say that no one will be able to buy crops below the minimum support price.

Fury of adhatis: Vijay Kalra, head of Punjab Arhati Association, said that if the goods are sold outside the mandis, then where will we get the arhats Who will give salary to the labor we have kept close to one million.

Mandi system: Before 1966, the produce of farmers were sold through Punjab Agricultural Board. After the formation of Haryana, the then Chief Minister formed the Haryana State Agricultural Marketing Board. The Marketing Board functions under the Ministry of Agriculture.

The state was backward at that time. The dilemma of the roads was in front. The purpose of the formation of the board was to create mandis for village farmers at the district level, tehsil session, and connect them with farmers. The work of constructing roads up to Mandi Selekar village was also entrusted to the marketing board.

Mandis was formed at every district, tehsil level. The agents were given shops at the reserve price. Funds for farmers in the mandis, arrangements for sheds were made for the eating and drinking of animals.

The mandis developed with the revenue received from market fees and from government grants. Now there is no village in the state that is not connected to the mandis.

Farmers become adheres: 25-30 percent of farmers of the state have opened their shops in mandis. The choli of farmers and adhatiyas is made up of daemon.

Marketing Board to be abolished: Roshan Lal Gupta, head of Haryana Business Board, says that Marketing Board should be abolished. Market fees of four percent to one percent should be abolished.

This will automatically give the farmers an open platform to sell their crops. Reduced fees will reduce tax evasion, corruption. Looking at the three bills, there is no longer any need for a marketing board.

Farmers need not be confused. It is completely wrong that the corporate sector will dominate the purchase of farmers’ produce. No one else will be able to purchase agricultural products. The need for reform in the agricultural sector was felt long ago.

Through bold steps, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has passed all the three Bills in Parliament in the interest of farmers. This will eliminate the hurdle of middlemen and farmers will get fair price for their produce.

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