T H E FA R M

BILL
WHY
FA R M E R S   P R O T E S T ?
HISTORY OF
A G R I C U LT U R E I N
INDIA
• The History of Agriculture in India dates back
to Indus Valley Civilization
• Contributed 17-18% to country's GDP
• Livelihood for 58% population in India
• India is second-largest food producer in the world
MAJOR PROBLEMS
FA C E D B Y T H E
FA R M I N G S E C T O R
•  Lack of Organized Marketing System 
•  Too Many Intermediates 
•  Lack of Standardization 
•  Corrupt Policies 
•  Illiteracy and Lack of Unity among Farmers 
•  Lack of a proper marketing channel forces 
•  Lack of availability of financial resources 
•  Lack of awareness about market
T H E FA R M E R S P R O D U C E
TRADE AND COMMERCE
(PROMOTION AND
FA C I L I TAT I O N ) B I L L 2 0 2 0

•  Permits intra-state and inter-state trade of farmers’

produce 
•  Freedom of choice 
•  Efficient, transparent and barrier-free 
•  Facilitate framework for electronic trading
T H E FA R M E R S ( E M P O W E R M E N T A N D P R O T E C T I O N )
A G R E E M E N T O N P R I C E A S S U R A N C E A N D FA R M
SERVICES ORDINANCE,2020
• Contract farming
• Sponsor
• Duration of agreement
• Delivery and payment
• Farming agreement
PROVISIONS
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Farmer's Produce Trade and Commerce(Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020

• Independence to the agricultural sector

• Farmers are now more free to sell their products
• To promote inter-state and intra- state trade
• To reduce marketing/transportation costs 
• Electronic trading(e- NAM)/transform the agriculture sector 
• One Nation-One Market
B I L L O N C O N T R A C T FA R M I N G
 The Farmer (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance
and Farm Services Bill, 2020

• Farmers can enter into a direct contract with business firms

agribusiness firms and to the global 
• Marginal and small farmers, with land less than five hectares,
to gain via aggregation and contract 
• To transfer the risk of market unpredictability from farmers to
sponsors 
• To enable farmers to access modern tech 
• reduce cost of marketing and boost farmer's income 
• Farmers can engage in direct marketing 
• Effective dispute resolution mechanism
B I L L R E L AT I N G T O
COMMODITIES
The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020 

• This Bill will replace all essential commodities.

• Attract private sector/attracting FDI 
• Bring investment for farm infrastructure and modernizing food supply
chain. 
• Help both farmers and consumers by bringing in price stability. 
• Less wastage of farm produce. 
• The Minimum Support Price
D R AW B A C K S O F T H E F A R M B I L L
P R O M O T I O N A N D FA C I L I TAT I O N
BILL 2020 

• State will lose revenue 

• Effects commission agents. 
• Prone to fraud
EMPOWERMENT AND
PROTECTION BILL 2020

• Determining price. 
• Difficulty for sponsors to make deal with
small and marginal farmers 
• Private corporate house lead to farmer
exploitation. 
• Exploited by the Sponsors 
• Subsistence Crop will be broken. 
• Disputes arising
AMENDMENT BILL 2020

•  Monopoly in the market. 

• Black Marketing and Hording. 
• Less income for cultivators
 WHO ARE
PROTESTING?
• Protests started in the north Indian states
when the ordinances were introduced in
Parliament and passed via voice vote in the
Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. 
• The bills were opposed in both houses by
opposition parties including TMC,
CONGRESS, DMK and BSP. 
• Farmers started protesting in many parts of
North India, especially Punjab and Haryana.
A tractor was set on fire at India Gate. 
• A massive protest is also raging across
Karnataka where a state-wide bandh was
observed. 
• There were protests outside 250 Central govt.
offices in Kerala.
W H AT A R E T H E
FA R M E R S
CONCERNS
• To protect mandis market 

• New law for the regulation of MSP 

• Against the corporatization of agriculture. 

• Free market V/S Regulated market

CONCLUSION
• The farmers are the soul of our nation and their growth and
upliftment is the foremost duty to be taken care of by the
government.
• It will bring revolutionary changes in the lives of the farmers.
• Farmers will be freed from the clutches of selling their produce at
designated places.
• However this contracts also include the dangers of turning farmers
into slaves. 
• Moreover, the main thing to do ensure the betterment of farmers is
strengthening the government market spaces- APMCs and to
eliminate the loopholes in them.
GROUP MEMBERS
1.  Aditya Rai
2.  Akshita Sah 
3.  Ayush Sah 
4.  Dev Padhan 
5.  Elie
6.  Malya Chaturvedi 
7.  Sahil Shakya
8.  Zyad Hasan
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