Punjab becomes the first State to reject Farm Acts
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24th Oct, 2020
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- Recently, Punjab became the first state to reject the Central government’s three Farm Acts and passed three Bills to negate the Union laws.
- It also rejected the proposed Electricity Amendment Bill and demanded their immediate annulment.
- The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) (Special Provisions and Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2020:
- The bill seeks to ensure that sale or purchase of wheat or paddy in Punjab is not allowed below the Minimum Support Price (MSP); The bill also seeks to penalize harassment of farmers or payment of less price to the farmers.
- The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services (Special Provisions and Punjab Amendment Bill, 2020:
- This bill provides for imprisonment of not less than three years and fines for sale-purchase of wheat or paddy under a farming agreement below the MSP.
- The Essential Commodities (Special Provisions and Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2020:
- It prevents hoarding and black-marketing of agricultural produce;
- And seeks to ensure status quo ante with regard to implementation of ‘The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020’.
- The Punjab bills have reintroduced market fees or licences for private players outside the APMCs which the central law had abolished.
- The Assembly also introduced Code of Civil Procedure (Punjab Amendment) Bill, 2020.
- It seeks to exempt agricultural land not exceeding 2.5 acres from Section 60 of The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, which provides for attachment of various properties.
- It also seeks to exempt the Properties of the farmers such as cattle, implements, cowsheds, etc from attachment.
