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Anirudh Bhattacharyya with a Canadian perspective on the Indian Farm Protests

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Cory Morgan

Cory Morgan

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A few weeks ago, I interviewed Dr. Anmol Kapoor on the Indian Farm Protests. It has been a developing and ongoing issue within India that is beginning to make international headlines and spill into Indian expat communities around the world.
It is a nuanced issue that involves farm policy reform and has some cultural and ethnic complications which have made this a very heated and divisive issue for many people in the Indian community and a concerning and confusing one for those of us outside of it.
There are some distinct perspectives on these protests. Dr. Kapoor offered one, and now Anirudh Bhattacharyya is offering another.
Anirudh Bhattacharyya is an author and columnist based in Troonto who writes for the Hindustan Times among other publications.
He recently wrote a piece in published by the MacDonald Laurier Institute on Canada/India relations that touches on the protest issues and how these things may impact Canada.
Bhattacharyya offers a position more supportive of farm policy reforms.
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As for myself, it is one of those rare issues where I am trying not to take a side. I don't understand enough about the basis of it and just want to learn as much as possible.
The Indian community is a strong and growing segment of Canadian society with a huge population in the country. It is unfortunate and concerning when divisions from the homeland spill over into Canada and we should always be concerned when they do so.

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Farmers carry seeds and fertilizer . Farmers don't carry Swords, Iron rods, Stones . Only rioters and hooligans carry Swords, Iron rods, Stones . 1. The three farm bills are already in place and working fine as of now and they are part of congress , bjp, ncf parties 2019 election manifesto. ex farmer minister of ncp and present congress chief minister of punjab also supported the same reforms in the past. Now all oppositon parties change their stand and making farmers scape goat. 2. post dialogue with farmers and govt ,On december 9th clarified with 10 point amendment that all the doubts farmers posed and will be tabled in next session of parliament. But protesting farmers unions change stand after dec 9th and want full repeal. 3. In 2019 farmers can't sell their produced rice/wheat/vegetables etc out side of the district or county and cant sell to any one outside of the APMC market yards/mandis and farmer has to pay 8.5 percent fees( 3% to market yard improvement, 3% to district development , 2.5% to licensed commision agents). In some markets they collect both from seller and buyer each 8.5% . These new 2020 farm laws allows farmers to sell to any where in india to any one . no restriction. It is upto local government to charge needed cess or fees. 4. In 2019 only 10% of total agriculture produce (mainly wheat and rice)was bought by government agency FCI (Food Corporation of India as a stockpile for emergeny security) . 85% was purchased by private buyers . In 2019 only 15% of produce of total agriculture was purchased at minimum support price (MSP) and rest was purchased at lower price. Till 2010 the minimum support price was lower than the international price of the goods. After 2010 the minimum support price was increased higher than international price and no exporter is buying at msp except govt agency and all godowns of FCI agency are full with 4.5 trillion tonnes of wheat and rice . 5. who is at loss due to this farm bills of 2020 are A. punjab state governments who charge 3% cess for district developement will loose around 15000 millions (1500 crores) indian rupees per year income. B. the punjab licensed commision agents (who are mainly punjabi sikh jat caste landlords )who get 2.5% charge per transaction thro markets will loose 1000 crores (10000 million) rupees per year only in punjab state. c. Other than punjab and haryana no other state charge district fees and market cess and they charge only commision agent fees. Some states there are no markets/mandis like in kerala (since 1980) and bihar (since 2008). 6. The funding for protest is happening by charging 500 rupees per farmer . 80% farmers own only less than 2 hectres /5 acre land. 7. The foreign punjab seperatist/secissionist group sikh for justice announced 1 millon dollars as donation and indian banks stoped the distribution asking account holder to show FCRA ( Foreign control regulatory) registrants for permission 8. All want farm reforms. Punjab and Haryana farmers unions want to repeal and rest of indian country farmers are happy that they can sell anywhere. I think if central/union govt gives that 1500 crores to punjab govt per year and 1000 crore to punjab commision agents it will stop. 9. In 2021 january govt gave a option to protesting farmers union that it will hold the laws till 2 years until joint committe of farmers and govt will finalize the law clauses that will benefit farmers or not. But unions are adament.
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