Supreme Court-appointed panel submits report on farm laws
The panel held several consultations with eminent academicians and agri-professionals on the legislations against which farmers have been protesting at Delhi's borders for over three months now.
FollowThe Supreme Court-appointed three-member committee, on the three newly-enacted farm laws, has submitted its report to the top court in a sealed cover.
The committee, in its report, has said that around 85 farmer organisations have been consulted to find a solution on the deadlock with the protesting farmers who have been camping at the borders around Delhi for over 4 months.
The panel held several consultations with eminent academicians and agri-professionals on the legislations against which farmers have been protesting at Delhi's borders for over three months now.
The Supreme Court had, on January 11, stayed the implementation of the three laws till further orders and appointed a four-member panel to resolve the impasse.
The committee was given two months to study the laws and consult all stakeholders.
"We submitted the report on March 19 in a sealed cover. Now, the court will decide the future course of action," one of the members of the committee PK Mishra said.
Last month, the Supreme Court-appointed committee had said that it has consulted 18 states including Punjab, Maharashtra, Kerala, Delhi, Karnataka and others on the new farm laws.
The committee appointed by the Supreme Court consists of agriculture experts, farmer leaders Anil Dhanwat, Ashok Gulati and Pramod Joshi. Bhupinder Singh Mann, president, Bharatiya Kisan Union, and All India Kisan Coordination Committee was also initially part of the committee but resigned later.
Thousands of farmers, especially from Punjab, Haryana and parts of Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at Delhi's borders for over two months now seeking repeal of the new legislations, introduced by the Centre last year, saying they are pro-corporate and could weaken the mandi system.
The Centre in September last year enacted the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
