Reforms in Agriculture Sector
The 3 Acts, namely, Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce ( Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers ( Empowerement and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020 and Essential Commodities ( Amendment ) Act, 2020 , which the Government of India enacted recently, have the potential to bring about a major change in the economic condition of the farming community in India. the farmers have now the option of trading their produce anywhee in the country and they cannot be bound by the rigid regime of local trade area . Government has also kept the system of Minimum Support Price (MSP) intact; only protection now the farmers want is that their making agreement to trade their produce be at a price which must be equal to or higher than the MSP. In the Rules to be framed by the government , specific safeguards be there to protect the small and marginal farmers and tha...