1The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020
➤ Procurement at Minimum Support Price (MSP) will stop
➤ Mandis will stop functioning if farm produce is sold outside APMC mandis
➤ What will be the future of government electronic trading portal like e-NAM
➤ Procurement at MSP will continue and farmers can sell their produce at MSP rates
➤ Mandis will not stop functioning and trading will continue there as before
➤ Under the new system, farmers will have the option to sell their produce at other places in addition to the regulated mandis
➤ e-NAM trading system will continue in the mandis
➤ Trading in farm produce will increase on electronic platforms
2Bill on Contract Farming: The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020
➤Farmers will be under pressure and they will not be able to determine prices under contract farming
➤ How will marginal and small farmers be able to practise contract farming as sponsors will shy away from them
➤ Big companies will be at an advantage in case of disputes
➤Farmers will have full power in the contract to fix a sale price of his choice for the produce
➤ They will receive a payment within three days
➤ 10,000Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) are being formed throughout the country. TheseFPOs will bring together small farmers and work to ensure remunerative pricing for farm produce
➤ There will be local dispute redressal mechanism and there will be no need to go to court repeatedly in case of disputes