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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💥" title="Symbol für eine Kollision" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für eine Kollision">Detailed analysis of Agricultural laws (as per my capacity, with the help of official and unofficial documents)
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1. The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020
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- Inter state and Intra state trade now opened (Beneficial for Traders only) (2/n)
- Inter state and Intra state trade now opened (Beneficial for Traders only) (2/n)
- Online Trading of Agricultural produce (no meaning for poor or uneducated farmers)
- No state taxes anymore (Market fees or Rural cess which were used by Market committees for the development of rural and mandi infrastructure)
- No powers to Civil Court (3/n)
- No state taxes anymore (Market fees or Rural cess which were used by Market committees for the development of rural and mandi infrastructure)
- No powers to Civil Court (3/n)
2. The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) agreement on Price assurance and Farm services Act, 2020. (Contract Farming Act)
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- Maximum period of contract can be upto 5 years or one breeding cycle of cattle(6/n)
- Maximum period of contract can be upto 5 years or one breeding cycle of cattle(6/n)
-According to the Bill, A Corporate can build any warehouse or establishments on your land. (Farmer can demolish it once contract is over.(7/n)
But by using the provisions of “Transfer of Property act”, Corporate can take over the land of A Farmer because poor farmer has no legal support and financial power to counter these big-booms. (Not necessarily but subject to high risk)(8/n)
-As per the act, Govt. introduced five new intermediaries by eliminating single Arthiya.
These are as follows
1. Aggregator,
2. Farm service provider,
3. Agent (unspecified role),
4. Assayer,
5. FPO. (9/n)
These are as follows
1. Aggregator,
2. Farm service provider,
3. Agent (unspecified role),
4. Assayer,
5. FPO. (9/n)
- Complex legal procedure and contracts will hit marginalised Farmers
- 1000 Farmer Producing Organisations will be set up.
- Payment within 3 days as per act (subject to risk) (10/n)
3.Essential Commodities (amendment) Act, 2020 (Originally enacted in 1955) (13/n)
- Govt. will impose stock limit only if there is 100% rise in retail price of perishable or 50% rise in retail price of Non-perishable. (will be resulted in Black marketing) (15/n)
- This act grants open-ended hoarding powers to corporate houses and exports (as they can store commodities upto their storing limit which is unlimited for corporates)will be resulted in exorbitant price hike of commodities during off-season.(16/n)
(I tried to summarise all the aspects as per my capacity or competence. Because i am layman ,so this is also subject to limitations and mistakes.)
(Last/n)
