SC-appointed panel starts consultation on agri laws; interacts with farm bodies from 8 states
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Last Updated: Jan 21, 2021, 05:30 PM IST
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The apex court had on January 11 stayed the implementation of the three laws, against which farmers are protesting at Delhi borders for nearly two months now, till further orders and appointed a four-member panel to resolve the impasse.
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The panel, in a statement, said that the interaction was held through video conference with various farmer unions and associations on Thursday.
The Supreme Court-appointed panel on the new agri laws on Thursday started its consultation process and interacted with 10 farmer organisations from eight states, including Uttar Pradesh.
The cornerstone of the legislation, introduced in September, allows private buyers to deal directly with farmers.
Angry farmers, who say that will make India’s traditional wholesale markets irrelevant and leave them at the mercy of big retailers and food processors, have camped out on main highways outside capital New Delhi for more than two months.
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday said the government was open to suspending the laws for up to 18 months, during which time representatives of the government and farmers should work to “provide solutions” for the industry.
The government said it was ready to suspend the implementation of the new laws if the leaders of the farmers’ unions agreed to form a committee to discuss the issues and objections over the new legislation.
SC appointed panel holds discussions with 10 farmer bodies
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Fri, Jan 22 2021 0:21 IST |
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New Delhi 21 Jan : The Supreme Court-appointed committee on the three farm laws held an interaction with various farmer organisations from eight states on Thursday through a video conference.
Ten different farmer bodies from eight states Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Uttar Pradesh participated in the discussion with the committee members, said an official statement.
The members of the committee formed by the apex court, Anil Ghanwat, Ashok Gulati and Pramod Joshi, requested the farmer leaders to frankly put forward their views on the three farm laws.
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, January 19
Amid controversy over recusal of BKU leader Bhupinder Singh Mann from the Supreme Court-appointed four-member committee to talk to farmers agitating agains
members of a panel set up by the Supreme Court to resolve the crisis said on Tuesday they will keep aside their own ideology and views while consulting various stakeholders