New laws have beneficial provisions, will not hurt Tamil Nadu farmers: CM

Says the laws will iron out issues relating to contract farming and have provisions to fetch a better price for the cultivator

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami today said that his Government support the three farm Bills brought in by the central government as farmers in the State will not be impacted by the three laws as there are many beneficial provisions for cultivators.

The three Bills--The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, The Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020--passed in the Lok Sabha recently are beneficial to the Tamil Nadu farmers, Palaniswami asserted.

He said: “Unlike the Leader of the Opposition (M K Stalin),