The new bill will now be introduced in the Lok Sabha for passage in the upcoming Winter session of Parliament beginning Nov 29
The three laws to be repealed are: Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act; The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act; and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.
These laws, passed in September last year, had triggered widespread protests by thousands of farmers mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh at Delhi borders.
To facilitate the same today Union Cabinet approved a bill to repeal the three farm laws, which triggered protests at Delhi borders by thousands of farmers, announced Union minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday.
“Today, the Union Cabinet led by PM completed formalities to repeal the three Farm Laws. During the upcoming session of the Parliament, it will be our priority to take back these three laws,” said Thakur.
The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 has been approved days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement to repeal the three central farm laws.
The repeal of these three legislations has been one of the key demands of around 40 farmer unions protesting against these reforms for nearly a year now.
After 750 faremers died due to 13 months long protests , reacting lately On November 19, Modi in his address to the nation and announced the withdrawal of the three farm laws saying the government could not convince protesting farmers the benefits of these reforms.
He had also urged them to end the protest and return home.
Having met with one demand Meanwhile, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) joint body of farmer unions leading the current protests on Sunday wrote to the Prime Minister urging him to immediately resume talks on the farmers’ six demands including:
2)legal guarantee to procurement of crops at minimum support price (MSP).
3) Sacking and arrest of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri incident,
4) withdrawal of cases against farmers and building of a memorial for those who lost their lives during the agitation.
5)Removal of penal provisions on farmers in the “Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act 2021”
6) Withdrawal of the draft “Electricity Amendments Bill, 2020/2021” proposed by the government.
SKM had said it would continue their planned protests, including the march to Parliament on November 29, to observe one year of anti-farm law protests.
