NEW DELHI, Mar 21: A Supreme Court-appointed panel to study the three farm laws, which was scrapped by Parliament in November last year, had recommended that the three legislations should not be repealed saying they would be beneficial for farmers. The report, which was submitted to the apex court on March 19, 2021, was made public on Monday. The three-member committee had also suggested many changes in the laws, including giving freedom to states to make Minimum Support Price (MSP) […]
Farmer leader Anil Ghanwat one of the three members of the Supreme Court appointed committee on farm laws who made their final report public yesterday has brushed off the criticism that they had interviewed farmers in favour of farm laws.
Interestingly, the SC-appointed panel was not in favour of a total repeal of the three controversial farm laws and instead had suggested leaving procurement of crops at a specified price to the states and scrapping of the Essential Commodities Act.