Page 16 - Putting Farmers First

HOW FARMERS ARE ALREADY BENEFITING FROM
PRO-FARMER REFORMS

“After the new farm ordinances were brought in, there are
reports from potato-growing areas that during June-July,
bulk buyers bought potatoes directly from cold storage
by giving higher prices to the farmers. As the farmers
got a higher price for potatoes outside, the farmers who
had gone to the mandis to sell their potatoes too got
higher prices, due to the pressure of higher market price
outside. Similarly, there are reports from Madhya Pradesh
and Rajasthan that the oil mills there have purchased
mustard by giving 20-30% more directly to the farmers. In
states like Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh
and West Bengal, pulses are produced in abundance.
In these states, farmers have directly received 15-25%
higher prices compared to last year.”

PM Modi in a programme in Bihar, 22 September, 2020

FREEDOM TO SELL ANYWHERE, TO ANYONE

“The rules had a lot of restrictions on where the farmer
could sell the crop and to whom. We showed the
willingness to remove injustice that was being done to
the farmers for decades.

Farmers can now sell their crop to whoever they want,
wherever they want and whenever they want. Now
a farmer can take his crop to any state of the country
and sell it. Also, grains or agricultural products kept in
warehouses can now be sold through electronic trading.
Just imagine the kind of new avenues that are going to
open for agri-business with these reforms.”
PM Modi at the inauguration of Annual Session of
Confederation of Indian Industry, 2 June, 2020