Amend farm laws to protect MSP, Maharashtra tells Centre
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Three-party alliance has already expressed unwillingness to implement them per se
The Maharashtra authorities will write to the Centre asking it to introduce an modification within the three controversial farm laws to guarantee no farm produce shall be bought at charges under the minimal help value (MSP) on the Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMC).
A Cabinet sub-committee shaped to focus on the implementation of the laws, that are being opposed by farmers for final 4 months, held its first assembly on Tuesday headed by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.
After the assembly, Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat advised reporters, “These laws are anti-farmer. They do not guarantee MSP and we believe that it should be mentioned in the law. We discussed these amendments and further action will be taken to this effect.”
Urban Development Department Minister Eknath Shinde stated, “All three parties [Congress, Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party] are unanimous on a stand that farmers should not get less than MSP and an Act to this effect is a necessity. We will be writing to the Central government to this effect.”
The three events have already expressed their unwillingness to implement the laws as they’re. A senior Minister, who was a part of the assembly, stated the State authorities is aware of its limitations. “After all these are Centre’s laws and we need to give solid reasons for delaying or not implementing them. We also discussed the action taken by Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan governments and will follow up with the Centre.”
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