Punjab Government rejects Centre's draft policy on agricultural marketing
The Hindu
Punjab Government rejects Centre's draft policy on agricultural marketing, citing concerns over private markets and MSP procurement.
The Punjab Government has formally rejected the Centre's draft policy on agricultural marketing, asserting that it is an attempt to bring back the "contentious" provisions of the three farms laws repealed in 2021 after a year-long protest by farmers.
The State Government noted that since agriculture marketing is a State subject, the Government of India should not come up with any such policy and should leave it to the wisdom of the State to frame suitable policies on the subject as per their concerns and requirements.
The Centre had last year shared the draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing with the State Government for its views on it.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had already said the Centre was trying to "bring back" the now-repealed farm laws, referring to the draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing.
The Aam Aadmi Party-led (AAP) Punjab Government had termed the draft policy as an attempt to reintroduce the three Central agricultural laws passed in 2020 "through backdoor." After a year-long protest by farmers, the Centre had to repeal the laws.
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Punjab farmers have already rejected the draft policy with the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, SKM (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha vociferously raising their voice against it.
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