SC-appointed panel on farm laws submits report
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A Supreme Court-appointed panel has submitted its report on the three agricultural reform laws in a closed cowl. The report will probably be revealed through the subsequent listening to of the case.
“We submitted the report in a sealed envelope to the registrar of the court on March 19. It will be made public on the date of the next hearing of the PIL,” stated Anil Ghanwat, one of many members of the committee who additionally heads a farm union and has advocated in favour of the laws.
Asked in regards to the stakeholders consulted by the committee and their views on the laws, Mr. Ghanwat stated, “Our role is over now. We are not authorised to say anything about it before it is made public.”
The three laws which have been handed by Parliament in September and are being opposed by farmers’ unions are The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act.
On January 12, the Supreme Court suspended the implementation of the three laws and appointed a four-member committee of consultants “to listen to the grievances of the farmers on the farm laws and the views of the government and make recommendations”.
After one member, farm union leader Bhupinder Singh Mann, recused himself from the panel, the remaining three members met the stakeholders together with farmers’ teams, farmer producer organisations, officers and business representatives from varied States. However, the farm unions refused to fulfill the panel.
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