Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday allayed fears that private firms might grab farmers’ land under a new contract farming law enacted by the Centre, as he listened to success stories about benefits of the new Acts while interacting with peasants from seven states.
After releasing Rs 18,000 crore funds to nine crore farmers under the PM-KISAN scheme, Modi held interaction with farmers from Arunachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Odisha and Haryana.
In their interaction with the Prime Minister, the seven farmers shared their success stories and also highlighted the benefits of recently enacted agri-laws. They also shared their good experience of working with private players under contract farming agreements.
“Sitting in Arunachal Pradesh, you are sure that your land is safe. But some people are spreading a myth that those who enter into a contract (agreement) with a company for sale of crops will also lose their land. So many lies are being spread. I am happy that you have shared your experience,” Modi said while interacting with farmer Gagan Parin.
He also said some politicians, for their own agenda, are spreading lies that the laws will impact the farmers.
Meanwhile Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Information & Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar, has dared former Congress president Rahul Gandhi for an open debate on the three Farm laws.
Stating that farmers in Punjab have received more than double the amount as MSP during the NDA rule than they had received during the previous Congress-led UPA regime, Javadekar said their income has already doubled. “But still, they are agitating as they are being misguided,” he added.