ET BureauNew Delhi: An agriculture ministry official on Friday claimed that “more than 850 academicians and researchers from leading universities and institutes have signed in support of the new farm laws, saying that they will change farmers’ fortune”.
Ruling out repeal of the three laws, the official said: “We are just looking at how to engage farmers in dialogues. The government will offer to amend rules as per their wishes. On MSP, the government may offer something which can interest them.”
“The government has accepted two of their demands. Now, it will ask farmers to go easy on the other two. The consensus on decriminalisation of stubble burning and to continue the current mechanism of providing subsidised power for agricultural use may appease farmers of western UP who mostly grow sugarcane, which already has a guaranteed price,” the official said.
“The challenge will be to engage farmers in dialogues without offering the solution they want. It will test the government's persuasion power,” the official said.
Ruling out repeal of the three laws, the official said: “We are just looking at how to engage farmers in dialogues. The government will offer to amend rules as per their wishes. On MSP, the government may offer something which can interest them.”
“The government has accepted two of their demands. Now, it will ask farmers to go easy on the other two. The consensus on decriminalisation of stubble burning and to continue the current mechanism of providing subsidised power for agricultural use may appease farmers of western UP who mostly grow sugarcane, which already has a guaranteed price,” the official said.
“The challenge will be to engage farmers in dialogues without offering the solution they want. It will test the government's persuasion power,” the official said.
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3 Comments on this Story
 | arvind mathur1 minute ago Let's be clear, reforms are necessary but wholesale changes in one go is not palatable. Moreover farmers are expected to diversify from Rice and Wheat to some other crops without the guarantee of MSP and safety of a large customer. In the past 20 years or so there is general trust deficits between business and the government of the day. Similar fears exist in the minds of farmers that they are to be left at the mercy of big private players which, to my mind, is true. Jio had publicly promised life time free service which Reliance has easily breached. No lawsuits are possible in India against Reliance for breaking such promises. Farmers are right about their fears which need to be addressed |
| Vikram 27 minutes ago Govt sponsored academicians or Adani backed ??? It seems only Modi knows what the farmers want and farmers themselves don't know anything .. as per BJP media. |
 | Viswanathan Subramanian34 minutes ago it seems that the Government is clear in their approach to retain the Laws and tweaking certain rules to make the farmers agree to stop the agitation possibly with an assurance from the Govt it will revisit the laws after a committee of experts appointed and based on their final recommendations to amend the laws which are irksome to majority of farmers. |