"Keeping the irrelevant politicisation of these landmark Farm Bills by the opposition, aside, the moot question is, will these Farm Bills help farmers? The answer is a resounding,"Yes". Do the Farm Bills remove MSP or public procurement? No, they do not.

Farmers have been misinformed to believe that Food Corporation of India (FCI), will shut down annual wheat and rice purchases from the States. It is to be noted that the Centre distributes annual wheat and rice procured from farmers in Punjab and elsewhere,..

through the Public Distribution System (PDS). The procurement process will continue like before.
Do the Farm Bills dismantle the existing "APMC-AnajMandi", structure"? No, they do not.

The rights or livelihood of those associated with Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) Mandis, will not be encroached upon. However, it is a known fact that APMC structure has been inefficient, with farmers relying on APMC agents, to help them sell their produce.

In this system, while APMC agents walk away with hefty commissions, the hapless farmers make precious little. It is precisely to unshackle the farmers from predatory agents and middlemen, that the Modi Government passed the Farm Bills.

So APMCs will not be dismantled but they'll certainly face stiff competition now from "Trade Areas",which will be created and will exist alongside APMC Mandis. Farmers will be free to sell their produce to whomsoever they wish to at a price they deem fit, in these "Trade Areas".

So let it be clear that it is not farmers who are protesting but Middlemen and APMC Mandi owners who are upset. They are upset because their monopoly has been broken.

There will be no taxes of either State or Central government, on trade conducted in these "Trade Areas", thereby reducing the cost of transaction in the entire food chain, from farm to fork."
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