Piyush Goyal seeks help of CAs to convince farmers on reforms
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Goyal says authorities is prepared to handle fears expressed by some sections of farmers
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal on Tuesday sought the help of chartered accountants’ fraternity to make farmers perceive the advantages of the legislative reforms undertaken by the Centre.
Mr. Goyal, who can be the Minister for Railways, Commerce and Industry, mentioned the federal government was prepared to handle the fears expressed by some sections of farmers.
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“There are a few apprehensions raised by farmers, particularly for Punjab, which we are addressing and are ready to address. I am confident that going forward, as more people understand and appreciate the good work that these changes are seeking to do, we will see huge improvement in the lives and prosperity of our farmer brothers and sisters,” the Minister mentioned, talking at an occasion on start-ups hosted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI).
‘Humble effort’
“I would urge you to help farmers understand the great benefits that we are trying to provide to farmers across the length and breadth of the country,” Mr. Goyal instructed the CAs in attendance, stressing that the brand new legal guidelines have been the federal government’s ‘humble effort to support our farmers’.
“Every care has been taken to ensure that without affecting the existing ecosystem available to farmers — the APMCs, mandis, arathiya system — everything has been kept intact. We have only offered new opportunities to farmers, only opened the doors wider for our farmers so that they get options, newer opportunities and new markets,” he defined.
Comparing farm produce to a guide, Mr. Goyal mentioned no person ordered guide publishers to function in just one market or promote to a specified set of merchants. Similarly, the brand new legal guidelines allow farmers to promote their produce to ‘anybody in the country in any market at any price they like,’ the Minister defined.
“I think this effort to open opportunities for the farmers is a huge reform which will, in the long run, help our farmers exponentially increase their income, go in for better cropping patterns, engage with technology, make collective farmer producer organisations to get the best of seeds and adequate funding at low cost, provide them with an opportunity to produce valuable and profitable crops, ensure protection against adverse circumstances, to get drip irrigation into their farms, get better cash crops, to do multi-cropping,” he mentioned.
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