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    A group of academics from leading Indian universities and institutes wrote a letter to the Prime Minister expressing support for the three farm acts passed by the government. They believe the acts will benefit farmers by allowing better price discovery, freeing them from middlemen, and giving them more market autonomy and choices. The acts place the power of the market in farmers' hands. While some have concerns, the government is willing to consider amendments if needed. The academics wrote to the PM in their personal capacities, not representing their institutions.

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    A group of academics from leading Indian universities and institutes wrote a letter to the Prime Minister expressing support for the three farm acts passed by the government. They believe the acts will benefit farmers by allowing better price discovery, freeing them from middlemen, and giving them more market autonomy and choices. The acts place the power of the market in farmers' hands. While some have concerns, the government is willing to consider amendments if needed. The academics wrote to the PM in their personal capacities, not representing their institutions.

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    14-December-2020

    To,

    The Prime Minister of India


    Government of India
    New Delhi.

    Dear Hon’ble Prime Minister

    We, from the academic world across leading Institutes and Universities
    would like to assure our support to the three farm Acts passed by the Government
    of India. We discussed with our colleagues who are experts from this field and
    based on our discussion we feel this moment should not be missed. This is a
    golden opportunity for reforms which has been eluding agriculture since the
    industrial reforms in 1991. We are convinced that the moment has arrived for
    agriculture and if these reforms are are missed, agriculture will have no future in
    India.

    We are convinced that these Acts will benefit the farmers than hurting their
    interests as portrayed by certain vested interests. It will usher in better price
    discovery mechanisms which will ultimately help the farmers as well as end
    consumers. These Acts will free them from the clutches of the middlemen and
    offer choices to the farmers. Of course, the Government will be there to play the
    regulatory role and as watchdog.

    These Acts give complete autonomy to the farmers to trade their products where
    they want and with whoever they want. It places the power of the market in the
    hands of the farmers, small and large, and our farmers are far more intelligent than
    what these critics would credit them with. If the farmers still want to sell it to the
    Government in the mandis and at MSP they are at the liberty to do so. These Acts
    will make the market transparent and leave no scope for any rent seeking
    behaviour. Information technology will be its backbone which would completely
    transform the way the market will be played.

    We note that the government has agreed to consider the reservations of the farmers
    empathetically, give written assurances to allay some of their fears and even make
    suitable amendments in the Acts if necessary.

    Our support essentially comes from the fact that the Government will always
    remain committed to the basic sustenance of farmers, especially small and
    marginal ones, as it has assured. We are writing this in our personal capacity and
    do not represent our institutes or their official policy.

    Yours sincerely.
    G Ramesh, Center for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore rameshg@iimb.ac.in

    P.K. Joshi (institute : TIFR email: pkjoshi@gmail.com)

    Ayan Datta (institute : IACS email: ayan_nlo@yahoo.co.in )

    Moloy Sarkar (institute:NISER email:moloysarkar@gmail.com

    Sudip Chattopadhyay (IIEST, email:sudipkchattopadhyay@gmail.com)

    C Malla Reddy (institute: IISER Kolkata email: cmallareddy@gmail.com)

    V. Ramanathan (affiliation: IIT(BHU) Varanasi; vraman.iitk@gmail.com)

    Jyotirmaya Tripathy, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Madras:


    jyotichrist@rediffmail.com

    Birabar Ranjit Nanda, IIT Madras, birabar@gmail.com

    Anindita Sahoo, IIT Madras, sahoo.anindita@gmail.com

    C.S. Ramalingam, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras

    Dr. Suvarna Rawal. Department of Zoology, University of Mumbai:


    suvarnarawal05@gmail.com

    Anurag Mittal, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras.

    Rajesh Narayanan, Department of Physics, IIT Madras

    Devendra Jalihal, IIT Madras

    Aditya K, IIT Madras

    Sachin S. Gunthe, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras

    Bhupendra Singh, Department of Physics, CUJ, Ranchi bhupendra.singh@cuj.ac.in

    Dr. Jitendra Kumar, Department of Political Science, University of Allahabad,


    Prayagraj jkshuklapolscience@gmail.com

    K. Rajagopal, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Madras


    (gopalkr@iitm.ac.in)

    Shreepad Karmalkar, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras

    Prasanta Kumar Tripathy, IIT Madras

    Anil Kumar Gourishetty, IIT Roorkee


    Deepak Bhatia Retired Teacher bhatiajns@yahoo.com

    Dr. Bimal Bandyopadhyay, Former Head and Emeritus Scientist (ICAR), ICAR-
    CSSRI, West Bengal. Email: bimalbkb@gmail.com

    Raja.Karunagaran. IIT Madras

    Shashibhal M Pandey Smt CHM College, Ulhasnagar-421003

    D Sai Ramesh IIG Mumbai durbha.ramesh@iigm.res.in

    Ashish Verma, IISc Bangalore, ashishv@iisc.ac.in

    Dr Hemant Pande Hislop College Nagpur pandehm@gmail.com

    Dr Ajay Mahajan. Dayanand Science College, Latur, Maharashtra.


    mahajay2013@gmail.com

    Dr. Madhav Rajwade, Vijan Bharati, Konkan Prant madhavr64@gmail.com

    Dr. Jogeswar S Purohit, University of Delhi, jogeswarspurohit@gmail.com

    Dr. Jayant V Joshi, UGC-DAE CSR, Mumbai Center, jvjoshi2002@yahoo.co.in

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