Life After Farm Laws: The Road Ahead
As far as the three farm laws are concerned, it may have helped if the laws on contract farming as well as essential commodities were taken up separately from the more contentious third law on Agri marketing. The Farmer’s Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, (FPTC) was at the heart of the dispute. The FPTC Act, if implemented, would have allowed the sale and purchase of farm produce in areas outside APMC mandis.