Cabinet Likely To Approve Draft Legislation Today For Repeal Of Farm Laws
The Centre has now listed The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, in its agenda for the winter session of the Parliament beginning on November 29.
New Delhi: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the withdrawal of the contentious farm laws, the Union Cabinet is likely to approve draft legislation to repeal the laws on Wednesday.
On the occasion of Gurupurab last week, Modi had announced the government's intention to withdraw the laws in the interest of the nation. The winter session of Parliament would commence from November 29.
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Even as the agitating farmers sitting at three sites on Delhi's borders since November last year have welcomed the move they warned of staying put till Parliament repeals them.
The Cabinet is expected to approve the matter of repealing the three controversial farm laws according to news agency PTI. The repeal bill is looking at rolling back three agri laws passed last year – Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) , an umbrella body of around 20 farmers' unions, will be going ahead with their planned march to Parliament on 29 November to observe one year of anti-farm law protests. In an open letter to Prime Minister, the SKM thanked him for the repeal of the three farm laws, but noted that "after 11 rounds of talks, you chose the path of unilateral declaration rather than a bilateral solution".
The Centre has now listed The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021, in its agenda for the winter session of the Parliament beginning on November 29. Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry is deliberating on the exact dates to discuss the three laws in the forthcoming Parliament session, informed Union minister Prahlad Joshi.
The decision on scrapping the laws comes ahead of crucial state elections in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab.
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