Farmer Protest: Are the 3 Bills on MSP, contract farming & essential commodities pro or anti farmer?

PM Modi has had the guts to reform old and antiquated farm laws when previous attempts failed. But has he gone too far? Will MSP be done away with? Will APMCs go broke and will corporate house ruthlessly exploit farmers now?
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Times of India
Govt willing to amend some provisions of new farm laws; Vishwa Mohan & Neel Kamal; Dec 4, 2020
Don’t Kill 2nd Green Revolution; Rolling back farm reforms would privilege a small but vociferous group over the silent majority; Gurcharan Das; Dec 3, 2020
Here’s why farmers fear states may junk MSP system under new laws; Dec 2, 2020
Punjab passes 3 farm bills, 1st state to counter Central laws; Oct 21, 2020
Interview: Leena Nandan, secretary of the Centre’s department of consumer affairs; Oct 14, 2020
APMCs turnover 479% more than private markets in ’19-20; Priyanka Kakodkar; Oct 13, 2020
With new law, fate of 300 APMCs hangs in balance, by Praful Marpakwar, September 27, 2020
Agriculture’s Watershed Moment, by Amitabh Kant, September 22, 2020
With U-turn on farm bills in RS, BJD surprises many, by Ashok Pradhan, September 21, 2020
PDS grain demand high even during July unlock, by Priyanka Kakodkar, September 21, 2020
MSP to be higher, come early as govt allays fears, by Vishwa Mohan, September 21, 2020
Open agri trade, tighter Covid curbs cut APMC turnover 50%, by BB Nayak, September 19, 2020
And Punjab’s own commissioned committee explicitly recommended the same reforms, Sept 19, 2020
MSP for paddy up 2.4 fold, wheat’s 1.7x in 5 years: BJP, by Akhilesh Singh, September 18, 2020

The Economic Times
Passive-Aggressive Protests; Angry farmers want continued GoI support for a dysfunctional, wasteful system; Ashok V Desai; Dec 3, 2020
Agitating for Middlemen or Farmers? Jagadish Shettigar & Pooja Misra; Dec 2, 2020
Sow Farm Law Benefits More Carefully; MG Chandrakanth; Nov 30, 2020
Reduced Bargaining Power, MSP Worry Behind Farmers’ Stir in Punjab, Haryana, UP; Nidhi Sharma & Aman Sharma; Oct 3, 2020
Reforms for Refarming India, by Brijendra Singh, September 25, 2020
Opposing for Posing’s Sake, by Srivatsa Krishna, September 23, 2020
New Laws on Agri Trade and Contract Farming in the Works, by Rituraj Tiwari, May 23, 2020

Mumbai Mirror
Water cannons can’t douse their anger; Ajit Ranade, Nov 28, 2020
Why farmers are upset about reforms, by Ajit Ranade, September 21, 2020

Mint
Farmer protests are a reflection of this sector’s structural crisis; Himanshu; Dec 4, 2020
Selling to supermarkets is good for farmers; Shijith Kunhitty; Oct 21, 2020
An MSP guarantee won’t solve the problems of Indian farmers; Himanshu; Oct 9, 2020
IT’S BUSINESS AS USUAL AFTER THE FARM REFORMS; Sayantan Bera; Oct 2, 2020
India’s labour and farm reforms should be just a start; Rahul Jacob, Oct 1, 2020
Our new farm policy seen through Sharad Joshi’s lens, by Ajit Ranade, September 21, 2020
A revolt of the rich peasants of Punjab, Haryana, by Anil Padbhanaman, September 21, 2020
A REVOLT OF THE RICH PEASANTS OF PUNJAB, HARYANA; Anil Padmanabhan; Sept 21, 2020
Civilsdaily
Lessons from Bihar’s abolition of its APMC system for farmers, by Himanshu, September 25, 2020

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