Modi Govt Could Put Punjab's Agriculture in Grave Danger

By not consulting farmers' organisations and state governments, the three ordinances that were suddenly promulgated on June 5 to amend the Essential Commodities Act and change the system of working of Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees and contract farming, will disrupt the working of Indian agriculture. The livelihoods of small farmers, share-croppers and landless workers could be jeopardised and the benefits expected by the Union government would not be realised, argues Ajay Vir Jakhar, Chairman, Punjab State Farmers' and Farm Workers' Welfare Commission, who is also Charman, Bharat Krishak Samaj.