‘Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act should be called Food Hoarding (Freedom for Corporates) Act’
“It has been established that when there is a price rise in the retail market, the benefit is not passed on to the farmers, who sell at low prices mostly, and high prices of commodities will affect consumers too,” it added. December 18, 2020 9:58:25 am
Farmer unions at a press conference at Singhu Border. (Express Photo by Praveen Khanna)
Farmer Groups say that while there has been much talk about two of the contentious farm laws, the government is still silent on the third one the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act. While the other two Acts will hit farmers hard, farm experts and unions believe that it is this third one that is “anti-human” and will affect not only farmers, but also the urban and rural poor that come under the Public Distribution System (PDS), jeopardising the food security of the consumer.