Centre To Introduce Bill To Repeal 3 Farm Laws In Parliament During Winter Session

The bill to repeal the three contentious farm laws will be introduced in the Lok Sabha during the winter session of the Parliament commencing on November 29.The legislative business published for Lok Sabha revealed that the bill titled "The Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021" to repeal the three farm laws - (1)Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020; (2) Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020; and (3)Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020- will be introduced in the winter session. These laws, enacted by the Parliament in September 2020, have been stoutly opposed by several farmers organizations. Several farmers groups across the nation have been holding widespread protests and agitations for over a year since the passing of these laws demanding that they be scrapped.On November 19, in a special address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that the Centre will take steps to repeal the three farm laws in the upcoming winter session of the Parliament."We have decided to repeal three farm laws. We will finish the constitutional process to repeal the law in upcoming Parliament session", the Prime Minister had said.In January 2021, the Supreme Court had stayed the implementation of these laws until further orders, to facilitate a process of negotiation between the Centre and the protesting groups. The Supreme Court had also constituted a committee to hold the talks. However, the leaders of the farmers unions boycotted the committee.The main grievance raised by the farmers is that the laws will result in the dismantling of the state-run Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees, and will disrupt the Minimum Support Price mechanism. The protesting farmers fear that the laws will pave the way for corporate exploitation. A batch of petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the validity of these farm laws and also questioning the competence of the Parliament in enacting the same.The recent Lakhmipur Kheri violence incident, which took place on Uttar Pradesh, happened when vehicles in the convoy of Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister and BJP MP Ajay Mishra, allegedly rammed into a group of farmers who were holding a dharna against the laws.According to a news report of October 2021, nearly 600 persons have lost lives during the year long protests. The protesters had organized a tractor parade in Delhi on the Republic Day as part of the protests, which led to violent events in the national capital and the Red Fort.

Centre To Introduce Bill To Repeal 3 Farm Laws In Parliament During Winter Session

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