Union Cabinet clears bill to scrap three farm laws

After 16 months of protests by farmers on the different borders of Delhi, three contentious farm laws were repeated by the Centre on November 29. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a television address on November 19 had apologised to the farmers and announced that the laws would be repealed. Both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 without debate on the first day of the winter session of Parliament on November 29.

Subsequently, the farmers ended their mass protests and started returning to their homes from December 12. The farmers had been protesting for over a year demanding the repeal of the three laws – The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act. The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Act and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act.

Earlier, it was reported that the Centre would introduce one “comprehensive” bill to repeal the farm laws. An official brief of The Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 will reportedly be available later on Wednesday. The Union Agriculture Ministry had finalized the bill after consultations with the PM’s office (PMO).Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar will reportedly table the bill in the Lok Sabha.

Laws can be repealed in two ways: through an ordinance or legislation. The government has to move a bill in Parliament to repeal the three contentious farm laws. All three farm laws can be repealed through a single legislation, which has to be passed by both Houses of Parliament before receiving Presidential assent. Usually, bills titled Repealing and Amendment are introduced for this purpose.

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