Farm Ordinances Passed Without NITI Aayog Appraising High-Powered CMs Panel Report: RTI
Minister of State for Food Danve Raosaheb Dadarao had stated before Lok Sabha that the high-powered committee had approved the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, a claim denied by the Punjab CM.
Farmers at the Singhu border, Saturday, January 16, 2021. Photo: PTI/Arun Sharma
Government17/Jan/2021
New Delhi: The Farm ordinances â which consequently paved the way for the three controversial farm laws in September 2020 â were promulgated and introduced in parliament in June 2020 without the report of the high powered committee of Chief Ministers being appraised by the Governing Council of NITI Aayog, a reply by the planning commission to a Right to Information query has revealed.
None Consulted; Govt Must Start on Clean State : Chidambaram on Farm Law Impasse RTI responses have exposed as a lie the government s claim that there were extensive consultations before the Farm Laws Ordinances were promulgated. The truth is that no one was consulted, the former Union minister tweeted.
P. Chidambaram. Photo: PTI
Rights16/Jan/2021
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Saturday hit out at the Centre over the impasse on the farm laws, alleging that “no one” was consulted for the legislations, and asserted that the only way out for the government was to agree to start on a “clean slate”.