Modi asks farmers to listen to what Tomar, Goyal said on new Farm Laws

A day after Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar and Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal urged the agitating farmers to continue the dialogue and find an amicable solution Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked the farmers to listen to these two ministers who spoke at length about the three Farm LawsIn a tweet Modi said Listen to two of my colleagues Narendra Singh Tomar and Piyush Goyal from my cabinet on the new Farm Laws and the demands of the farmers Modi also attached the video link of the press conferenceTomar and Goyal on Thursday afternoon addressed a press conference here a day after the farmers unions unanimously rejected the offer by the Centre to amend the laws recently enacted to bring reforms in agriculture and allied sectorsAs farmers unions have started to step up their agitation with a call for blocking the expressways around the national capital the government has asked them to return to the discussion tableTomar said the way of dialogue has not been broken yet and the government has given proposals to them We urge union leaders to consider the proposal and start the next round of talks he saidThe ministers maintained that the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce Promotion and Facilitation Act 2020 the Farmers Empowerment and Protection Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities Amendment Act 2020 are the biggest agricultural reforms in the country so farThe reforms will provide the farmers with market freedom encourage entrepreneurship give access to technology and transform agriculture they saidThe government is ready to give an assurance on MSP and procurement and the existing system for procurement of crops on MSP minimum support price will continue The government has said that provisions will be made in the legislation to ensure a level playing field in transactions inside and outside the existing APMC mandis the ministers saidAs per the proposals given to amend the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce Promotion and Facilitation Act 2020 there will be similar market fee and cess inside and outside the existing APMC mandis imposed by the states Also there will be provision for registration of traders operating outside the APMC mandisPresently the law provides for resolution of disputes between farmers and traders at the SubDivisional Magistrate level but the government has said that a provision will be made that will provide for appeal in civil courtsGoyal also outlined the various suggestions that have been given to the farmers in a proposal to address their concerns about the farm lawsKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever