more-inMajor Opposition parties have united in provisional support of two bills drafted by farmers organisations, demanding comprehensive farm loan waivers and proposing legal backing to enforce minimum support prices (MSP). He was speaking at a round table session organised by the All India Kisan Sangharsh Committee, which drafted the bills in partnership with 193 farmers’ organisations. Call for a committeeNationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar suggested that a committee be set up to go through the proposed bills, clause by clause. “This should not be called karza maafi [loan waiver], but karza mukti [loan free]. The proposed Farmers’ Freedom from Indebtedness Bill, 2018 provides for a one-time settlement of all farmers’ loans, both from banks and private moneylenders.

Source: The Hindu March 28, 2018 19:07 UTC