“We strongly believe in the government’s assurance to the farmers to protect the farmers’ livelihoods, and it will not take the food from their plate,” the signatories said.
Over 800 academicians from various universities across the country have come out in support of the three new agriculture laws that have caused controversy and protests with farmers sitting around Delhi borders to demand repeal of the laws.
Academicians from Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Allahabad University and Banaras Hindu University, among others, in a written statement released Friday, said they “strongly support the proposed agricultural reforms”.
“It has come to notice that the three Agro Acts seek to free farm trade from all restriction and enable farmers for all transaction at competitive prices. The Union government has repeatedly assured the farmers that these three bills on farm trade wouldn’t do away with Minimum Support Price (MSP), but rather free the farm trade from all illicit market restrictions, open the market beyond ‘mandis’ and further assists the small and marginal farmers to sell their produce at market/competitive prices. The new laws also provide full autonomy for farmers to sell their produce,” the statement read.
“We strongly believe in the government’s assurance to the farmers to protect the farmers’ livelihoods, and it will not take the food from their plate. The government is still firmly committed to delivering the principle of minimum government, maximum governance,” the signatories wrote.
Among the signatories are Prof. Vinod Kumar Jain, Vice-Chancellor Tezpur university; Prof. H.C.S Rathore, V-C, Central University of South Bihar; Associate Professor Dr. A.K. Bhagi and Professor Niranjan Kumar of Delhi University; Prof. Tej Pratap Singh from Banaras Hindu University; and Prof Heeraman Tiwari from JNU, among others, the Print reported.
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