Agriculture Minister Tomar: Govt decriminalizes stubble burning by farmers
Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Saturday that the farmers had demanded to decriminalize stubble burning and the Government of India has accepted this demand as well.
Narendra Singh Tomar said, “With the constitution of this committee, farmers’ demand on MSP stands fulfilled. Farmer organizations had demanded to decriminalize stubble burning by farmers. The Government of India has accepted this demand as well. After the announcement of the repeal of the three farm laws, there is no point in continuing farmers’ agitation. I urge farmers to end their agitation and go home.”
“PM Narendra Modi has also announced to constitute a committee to deliberate on the issues of crop diversification, zero-budget farming, and making the MSP system more transparent and effective. This committee will have representatives from farmers’ organizations,” Tomar said.
“With the constitution of this committee, farmers’ demand on MSP stands fulfilled. Farmer organizations had demanded to decriminalize stubble burning by farmers. The Government of India has accepted this demand as well,” he said.”After the announcement of the repeal of the three farm laws, there is no point in continuing farmers’ agitation. I urge farmers to end their agitation and go home,” he said.
The bill to repeal the three farm laws is said to be tabled in the Parliament on the first day of the winter session (on November 29).
However, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said that farmers will go home after the government accepts their demand for a law on Minimum Support Price (MSP).
“We will withdraw our protest and will go home after the government accepts our demand for a law on Minimum Support Price (MSP). We don’t have the intention to stay put at the Delhi border till January 26. If the government accepts our demand on MSP and compensation for 750 farmers who died during the protest, then we will go back home,” Tikait had said.
The alleged farmers have been protesting against the farm laws on various borders of Delhi since November 26, 2020. Last week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that the Centre will bring necessary bills in the winter session of Parliament to repeal the farm laws.
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