India's Farmers Call Off 15-Month-Long Protest
India's farmers called off their 15-month-long protest after the unions received confirmation from the government that all police cases registered against them will be dropped. That came days after India repealed three farm laws that had triggered protests.
The farmers will start evacuating protest sites near the border of Delhi from Dec. 11, Rakesh Tikait, a spokesperson of Samyukta Kisan Morcha, told media persons in Delhi.
Protesting farmers receive a letter from Govt of India, with promises of forming a committee on MSP and withdrawing cases against them immediately
December 9, 2021
"As far as the matter of compensation is concerned, UP and Haryana have given in-principle consent," it reads pic.twitter.com/CpIEJGFY4pThe Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 was passed by both houses of Parliament during the winter session. The president, too, has signed the bills, officially withdrawing the contentious 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.
Apart from withdrawal of criminal cases, the farmers have received guarantee from the prime minister and agriculture minister that a committee on minimum support price will be formed. "The committee's mandate would be to determine how India's farmers would be guaranteed MSP for their produce," the central government's letter to the farmers said.
The government also assured farmers that all stakeholders and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha will be consulted on the Electricity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 before it is tabled in Parliament.
Besides, farmers have been freed from any criminal liability under the laws mandated by the Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and adjoining areas, which means they will not be fined or imprisoned for causing air pollution by stubble burning.
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