Farmers Protests: What is Swaminathan Committee and what did it recommend?
Swaminathan Committee report.
Be it in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab or Tamil Nadu, farmers from various states over the years have sough the implementation of the MS Swaminathan Commission's recommendations in toto.
The capital city, choc-a-bloc with protesting farmers demanding MSP guarantee law, Swaminathan Committee report, Electricity amendment bill and debt waiver.
While the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government has sought to soothe nerves by saying that a law guaranteeing MSP on crops could not be brought in a hurry without consulting all stakeholders, the Congress' Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that if the party is voted to power, it will give a legal guarantee of MSP to every farmer as per Swaminathan Commission.
The Narendra Modi government in 2019, after pulling its infamous farm laws, said it accepted 200 out of the 201 recommendations made by the commission, including the demand on MSP.
WHAT IS SWAMINATHAN COMMISSION?
The late MS Swaminathan, a renowned agriculturist and the father, who was recently conferred the Bharat Ratna, chaired the National Commission on Farmers. The NCF had submitted a total of five reports between December 2004-2006.
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Based on the draft NPF, the government had approved the National Policy for Farmers, 2007, with an aim to improve the economic viability of farming and increase the net income of farmers.
The policy included asset reforms w.r.t various natural resources, supply of good quality seeds,
