Farm laws: No provision for any lease or agreement over farmers’ land, says Agriculture Minister Tomar
- 3 years ago
During a press brief on December 10, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on new farm laws said that there is no provision for any lease or agreement over farmers' land.
Tomar said, “It is being projected that the land of farmers will be occupied by industrialists. Contract farming has been going on for long in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Punjab, Karnataka but there has never been such experience.”
He added, “Still, we have already made provision in the Act that agreement under these laws will only be between processors and farmers' produce. There is no provision for any lease or agreement over farmers' land.”
Tomar said, “It is being projected that the land of farmers will be occupied by industrialists. Contract farming has been going on for long in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Punjab, Karnataka but there has never been such experience.”
He added, “Still, we have already made provision in the Act that agreement under these laws will only be between processors and farmers' produce. There is no provision for any lease or agreement over farmers' land.”