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Synopsis PTI As the clock ticks down to Budget 2021-22, even as the farmers’ agitation continues, with no sign of end to the impasse between incensed farmers and a determined Centre, one thing is clear. Unlike in the past, when agriculture often got no more than lip service, this time round, Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman will take care to ensure the Budget sends the right message: that this is a government that cares for farmers and farmer welfare. About time, too. Though government has stuck to its declared goal of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, a promise repeated by Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech last year, it was apparent, well before Covid-19 hit us, that the government would not be able to deliver. The problems of the agriculture sector go much deeper. The pandemic has only made the promise more distant. Add to that the (needless) apprehensions created by the new farm acts and the ongoing farmer agitation, and the Finance M ....
The editorial inappropriately takes my speech given in a different context and transfixes it to the current agriculture reforms. Since agricultural reforms have been brought up in the editorial, let’s look at all the consultations and democratic processes observed in India when formulating these landmark bills. The editorial states that farm reforms were passed “with little or no evidence of consultation”. The trinity of legislation to facilitate contract farming, remove price restrictions and boost open trade have been the culmination of comprehensive, far-reaching and wide-ranging stakeholder consultations over the last two decades. A plethora of commissions, reports, task forces, model legislation, regulations and rules have suggested these reforms. ....