Three farm act. 2020 i.e the burning issue today in india

1. T H E S E A C T S W I L L T R A N S F O R M I N D I A N
A G R I C U L T U R E A N D A T T R A C T P R I V A T E
I N V E S T M E N T . A R E T H E Y R E A L L Y ?
Farm Act.2020

3. The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion
and Facilitation) Bill, 2020
 freedom of choice relating to sale and purchase of
farmers' produce
 freedom to sell anywhere
 corporatisation of agriculture

4. The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection)
Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm
Services Act, 2020
 contract farming
 mutually agreed remuneration
 bind them to unfavourable contracts drafted by big
corporate law firms

5. Benefit
 One India, One Agriculture Market
 Additional trading opportunities outside the APMC
market

6. Why farmers are agitated?

7. Opposition view
 bind them to unfavourable contracts
 liability clauses in most of cases of poor farmers
 Monsoon become an unpredictable determinant of
the destiny of farmers
 farmers can sell outside the APMC even now with
some fees.

8. The amendment to the Essential Commodities
Act (ECA), 1955
 to control the production, supply, distribution, trade,
and commerce in certain commodities
 Tomatoes, Onion and Potatoes (TOP) to ALL fruits
and vegetables (TOTAL)

9. Constitutional remedy
 constitutionality of parliamentary laws can be
challenged only on two grounds — that the subject is
in the State List, or that it violates fundamental
rights

10. APMC
 agricultural produce market committee
 Announced for 23 crops but given for only 3 crops