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In April 2013, Punjab government passed the Punjab Contract Farming Act to provide a legal framework to contract farming. The Punjab Act did not have a provision mandating that sale cannot be below the MSP. 14 states already allowed contract farming before Farms Bills.
In April 2013, Punjab government passed the Punjab Contract Farming Act to provide a legal framework to contract farming. The Punjab Act did not have a provision mandating that sale cannot be below the MSP. 14 states already allowed contract farming before Farms Bills.
Then why are Punjab farmers protesting now?
The problem is not MSP its the Inter state purchase and sales that can now be made bypassing Mandis...
That's what changed.And MSPs only cover few produce. Even Milk is not under MSP, neither are fruits and vegetables.
The problem is not MSP its the Inter state purchase and sales that can now be made bypassing Mandis...That's what changed.And MSPs only cover few produce. Even Milk is not under MSP, neither are fruits and vegetables.
This farmers agitation is manipulated by the "Adhatis ( Money lenders)" who will stand to lose Rs 2000 crore per year during wheat & paddy procurement season. Centre's FarmLaws have rendered them irrelevant as farmers are free from the clutches. Biggies in Punjab are rattled.
.Food Corporation of India (FCI) buys wheat & paddy worth Rs 80000 crores from Punjab alone. Rs 6500 crore of tax payers' money goes to Mandis (APMCs) & who controls these Mandis? Concern of the 6000 Adhatis of Punjab, is to earn this much of money without doing any farming.
Food Corporation of India (FCI) buys wheat & paddy worth Rs 80000 crores from Punjab alone. Rs 6500 crore of tax payers' money goes to Mandis (APMCs) & who controls these Mandis? Concern of the 6000 Adhatis of Punjab, is to earn this much of money without doing any farming.
Here are the statistics why Punjab is rattled. 
Agriculture reforms
Wheat procured by GOI for 2019-20 Rabi Marketing Season : 129.12 Lakh Metric Ton
Middleman commission per quintal (100 kg) - Rs 46.
Agriculture reformsWheat procured by GOI for 2019-20 Rabi Marketing Season : 129.12 Lakh Metric TonMiddleman commission per quintal (100 kg) - Rs 46.
Potential commission (if entire of above Qty is procured through mandis) - Rs 590+ Crore! (in one season)BTW, the commission as per APMC Act is 2.5% of the MSP but the GOI has been giving a flat rate of Rs 46 per 100 Kg.
Capt Amrinder sahab was batting for Arthiyas or commission agents even in July 2020 and asking for 2.5% commission for them. Can you belive this, a CM is openly asking for commission for middlemen. Cong party is not a political party, its middlemen commission party.
Maa beta used to do the same business. Defence Dalals, chopper deals, Bofors scam is same middle men commission. Modiji Chocked this money.
Wheat procured in 2020-21: 127.14 Lakh MT
MSP - Rs 1,925 per 100 kg.
Wheat procured in 2020-21: 127.14 Lakh MTMSP - Rs 1,925 per 100 kg.
Commission potential for middlemen at 2.5% of MSP (if whole QTY procured at Mandi) - Rs 612 Crore. Potential commission earned at Rs 46 per 100 Kg - Rs 585 Cr only!4-graphs which explain Punjab agitation.G1 - Share of Wheat production in Bharat.
G2 - Share of Wheat procurement by GOIPunjab produces 17.18% of wheat in Bharat but its share of GOI procurement is more than double at 38.04%Same goes for Haryana And now, look at UPG3 - Share of rice production in Bharat. G4 - Share of rice procurement by GOI
Punjab produces 10.9% of rice in Bharat but its share is 26.8% of total procurement by GOI.Look at WB in terms of production share versus procurement. In many states, share of GOI procurement is multiple times higher than share of pan-Bharat production.
But this is most pronounced in Punjab and Haryana. See attached graph- In case of Punjab and Haryana, rice procurement over last 5-years is 2.44 and 2.28 times their+ share of production in Bharat.
Uttara Khand also has a high share but the underlying quantity of rice produced and bought is very small relative to Punjab or other states.Studies have recommended that Punjab and Haryana should actually not be growing rice because of its impact on ground-water table.
BTW, Madhya Pradesh has had a bumper wheat crop this years, and hence, its share in procurement has gone up this year (33.19%) Otherwise, last 4-year average of its share in wheat procurement is only 19.84%.
Long story short + western Bharat has better procurement infrastructure, it has access 2 ground-water recharged by canals, couple that with free electricity, it can produce rice.
Which is water intensive & can't be otherwise sustained unlike Eastern Bharat where monsoon permits its growth.
Without MSP, Punjab, Haryana cannot sustain their rice crop as it is not consumed in-house.
Similarly, w/o MSP, wheat production will also suffer from same issue.
Without MSP, Punjab, Haryana cannot sustain their rice crop as it is not consumed in-house. Similarly, w/o MSP, wheat production will also suffer from same issue.
If GOI does not purchase it, where will they sell their produce? This is fear of middlemen.
institutionalised loot.
- of farmers
- consumers
- taxpayers
all for sake of some filthy rich farmers/mandi lobbies of punjab and haryana.this is the story of so called protests.
WApp.
institutionalised loot.
- of farmers
- consumers
- taxpayers
all for sake of some filthy rich farmers/mandi lobbies of punjab and haryana.this is the story of so called protests.
WApp.
