Amid Farmers Protest, PM Modi Says New Agricultural Reforms Have Given Them Legal Protection | Earth Indian

New Delhi: On a day when the farmers protest in Delhi entered fifth day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the new agricultural reforms have given farmers new options and legal protection. Addressing a gathering in Varanasi, PM Modi said that with establishment of a perishable cargo centre in Varanasi, now farmers have got a facility to store and sell their produce easily.

He further that due to this storage capacity, for the first time, the produce of farmers is being exported in large quantities.

“For the first time, produce of Varanasi farmers is being exported to foreign countries at a large scale. Varanasi’s Langda and Dussehri mangoes are spreading their fragrance in London and middle-east. Mango farmers need not go to other cities for packaging now,” PM Modi said.

He said that earlier, loan waiver packages used to be announced but the benefits of such schemes never used to reach the farmers.

Saying that farmers are being empowered by giving them options for a bigger market, PM Modi said reforms are being done in the interest of farmers, which will give them more options. “Shouldn’t a farmer get freedom to sell his produce directly to those who give them better prices and facilities,” he said.

He also added that infrastructure development in Uttar Pradesh has improved since Yogi Adityanath has become the Chief Minister.

Saying that the new agricultural laws have been brought in for benefit of the farmers, PM Modi said the farmers community will see and experience benefits of these new laws in the coming days.

“There’s new trend now, earlier decisions of the government were opposed, now rumours have become basis for opposition. Propaganda is spread that although decision is right, it can lead to other consequences, about things that haven’t happened or will never happen. Same is with farm laws,” PM Modi said.

On Sunday, PM Modi had in his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, said that these reforms have opened doors of new opportunities for farmers and bestowed on them new rights.

He had also said that the farm laws have begun mitigating the troubles of farmers in a short period of time since their enactment in September as he cited the example of a Maharashtra farmer who used their provisions to get the money a trader had promised but not paid to him in time.

By Shivam Urkude || Earth Indian