YTFuss? | Farm Bills India 2020

Edition | 11 Jan 2020

Are the laws good for farmers and agriculture in India or not? Why are the farmers protesting? Are the protests against the policy or are they against this government? Is the government short on trust capital? Has the government forgotten how to consult? What has been the consensus on the subject amongst economists over the last 40 years?

Read the articles and watch the videos from this list to educate yourself.

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The Farm Laws 2020

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The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020

The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020

The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020

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Other Context Reading

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ORF, Policy Think Tank | An Intellectual Biography of New Farm Laws

THE WIRE | Farmer Protests: A Basic Guide To Issues At Stake

CASI & BMGF | CASI Agricultural Markets Project

Swaminathan Report: National Commission on Farmers

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Position: Somewhere in the Middle

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Arvind Panagariya Vs. Kaushik Basu | Economists

New Farms laws 2020: 3 Experts, 2 Opinions - Times of India

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Abhijit Bannerjee | Nobel Prize Winner in Economics

Farmers’ protests not against Farm bills, but due to lack of trust: Abhijit Banerjee

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Andy Mukherjee | Journalist, Business & Economy

Another farm law could quell farmer protests in the country

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Ashutosh Varshney | Professor, Brown University

Govt needs to ready solutions that will facilitate agrarian transition without hurting farmers

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Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) & BMGF

Research shows intermediaries’ role is misunderstood. Local market realities more at play

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Chanakya | Anonymous Contributor, Hindustan Times

Farm reforms - how both sides faltered

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Latha Venkatesh | Executive Editor, CNBC TV18

Farmers aren't the only ones enjoying subsidies! Government needs to incentivize them away from MSP

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Nitin Pai | Director, Takshashila Institution

Modi govt must sweat in Parliament to avoid bleeding on street. Farmers' protest shows why

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Pratap Bhanu Mehta | Thinker. Contributing Editor, Indian Express

The government may ride out the farmers' protests. But simmering discontent will remain

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Ramesh Inder Singh | Former Chief Secretary, Punjab

The farm laws: How not to do reforms

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Shashi Shekhar | Editor In Chief , The Hindustan Times

The need for a middle ground on farm protests

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Shekhar Gupta | Founder, The Print

Punjab’s frustration & anger is rooted in its steep decline, now visible in farmers’ protests

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Sukhpal Singh | Professor, IIM Ahmedabad

Farmers’ apprehensions about role of mandis, terms of procurement under new laws need to be…

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VIDEO

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Position: Farm Laws Will Help | May Need to Amend

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Ashok Gulati | Infosys Chair Professor for Agriculture at ICRIER

Centre must carefully consider options, close communication gap with farmers

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Bibek Debroy | Chairman, PM’s Economic Council

Bibek Debroy: Why We Should Move Away From APMCs

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Gurcharan Das | Author. Former CEO, P&G India

Don't kill 2nd green revolution: Rolling back farm reforms would privilege a small but vociferous…

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Rajiv Mehrishi | Former CAG, India

It is astonishing that farmers are speaking up to protect traders' interests

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Ram Madhav | BJP Leader

How the agriculture reforms finally liberate farmers | Opinion

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Shivraj Singh Chauhan | Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh

New farm laws will free the farmers, help increase their income

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Sunil Jain | Managing Editor, Financial Express

This is about politics, not farmer rights

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Surjit Bhalla | Executive Director, IMF

Protesting farmers are arguing for the perpetuation of colonial rule

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Swaminathan Aiyar | Economist. Consulting Editor, ET

View: Use iron fist in a velvet glove for farmer agitation

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Position: Laws Will Hurt | Amend or Withdraw

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Aadil Boparai, Salman Khursheed | Indian National Congress

Farm laws alter bargaining landscape in favour of corporate players

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Christophe Jaffrelot | Senior Research Fellow, CERI Paris

Why should Indian agriculture be liberalised when in most countries governments subsidise it?

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Editorial | Economic and Political Weekly

Infallible Farm Laws?

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Jean Dreze | Economist

Jean Dreze: Far from liberating farmers, the farm laws put them at mercy of government

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P. Sainath | Founder Editor, PARI

Did You Think the New Laws Were Only About the Farmers?

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Prabhat Patnaik | Economist

Why Agriculture Shouldn't Be Left to Free Market | NewsClick

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R Ramakumar | Professor, TISS

Bihar versus Punjab: Selective Use of Data Misinforms Policy

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Sudha Narayan | Associate Professor, IGIDR

The Three Farm Bills

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Yogendra Yadav | National President, Swaraj India

Modi govt gave an unwanted gift to farmers. Now it can't even handle rejection

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FIELD REPORTS | VIDEO

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A night at India's largest farmers' protest

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