There are destructive agricultural practices - such as excessive withdrawal of groundwater - that will never get corrected," he said, pointing towards the situation in Punjab and Haryana. There are some states that receive huge subsidies and also witness massive procurement. "Some of the equity issues would remain unsolved if the reforms are not brought in.
Ramanjaneyulu, for instance, warned how few states would have serious problems unless the Centre resorts to rigorous change in the cropping pattern. The experts helped with the suggestions that the government can look forward to in order to reign in the chaos. That would be a misreading of the PM's statesmanlike approach," Kohli said. Why would it be a precedent? There is no room to look at it from that perspective. "It (the announcement to repeal the three farm laws) is a statesman-like announcement made on the auspicious occasion of Guru Purub. Didn't we allow the land acquisition bill to lapse?"īJP leader Nalin Kohli, however, denied any such thing. electricity for farmers, seed bills related etc."Ī senior BJP leader, who did not wish to be quoted, said, "They cannot be calling it a precedent setting decision! We do it only when needed. "It will have an impact on other reforms, possibly now other laws for reforms would be stalled. Ramanjaneyulu of Centre for Sustainable Agriculture and said, the repeal of these laws may be likened to a precedent but would have wide ranging implications. Repeal of these laws is a politically bad step," said Dr G.V. If they are not assured MSP, they would resort to distress sale." Almost 80-85 per cent of the farmers are small land holding farmers. Reminding that the farmers' agitation is not yet over, they are still agitating for minimum support price (MSP), "Government should seriously think about it. There are elections soon in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab and hence this was announced." Janakrajan termed it as a great victory for farmers and said, "The government did it only because it was clear that it is weak in western Uttar Pradesh. In response to another opinion whether or not the repeal of farm laws will encourage trade unions and their leaders to oppose changes to labour laws, close to 43 per cent of respondents seemed to agree, however, more than 25 per cent of the respondents could not express any definitive opinion, which means they are uncertain about labour reforms.įarmer and professor at Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS), Prof S.
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