A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE FARMERS’ UZHAVAR SANTHAI’ IN TAMIL NADU AND RECENT CENTRAL ‘FARMERS’ AMENDMENT BILLS, 2020
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Uzhavar Santhai, Tamil Nadu, Parliament, Agricultural Bills 2020, Mandis, Farmers’agitationAbstract
Uzhavar Santhai also called Agricultural Market is a place where the farmers can sell his products such as vegetables, cereals, oil seeds, fruits, to consumers without any agent or middlemen. Since, there is no involvement of middlemen the beneficiaries are farmers as well as the consumers. This Uzhavar Santhai scheme was introduced in 1999 at Tamil Nadu by the chief minister of Tamil Nadu K.Karunanidhi for the welfare of the farmers (1, 2, 3 ).
The Essential Commodities Act (ECA) was enacted in the Parliament in 1955 was enacted with a main objective to prohibit hoarding and black marketing of essential commodities which may obstruct the supply and have an adverse effect on the normal life of the people. Now the Centre has brought in three Bills namely — the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill. The former relates to production and purchase of the farm produce and the later relates to selling / trading the produce in the market. During September 2020, the Parliament passed the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020. This Act, 2020 aims to end the monopoly of Agriculture Produce Market Committees (APMCs) in carrying out the trade for farmers’ product in the country. This paper presents a comparative study of the Uzhavar Santhai scheme in Tamil Nadu and the recent central farmers Agricultural Bill, 2020.
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