Nobody will dare reform farm sector if acts are repealed now: Ramesh Chand

Says both the Centre and the Supreme Court have been quite accommodative and flexible in their approach, but now it seems to be a clash of egos

On a day when the long-drawn talks between protesting farmers and the central government seemed headed for another deadlock, NITI Aayog member and eminent agriculture economist Ramesh Chand said that if farmers feel that everything isn’t correct with the agriculture laws then they should come forward and discuss all such issues in the acts.

“Everyone is convinced that agriculture sector badly needs reforms but if we start seeing them from a political angle then it leads to confrontation,” Chand told reporters at the conclusion of the three-day National Dialogue on Indian Agriculture in 2030.

The dialogue was organised by the