The twists and turns of the farm laws

While most of these need-based measures were mooted by the Swaminathan Commission, these were incorporated into the country's first-ever National Policy for Farmers, brought out by the UPA in 2007

The saga of the evolution of agri-marketing reforms, which have sparked the ongoing agitation by farmers on Delhi borders, makes a fascinating, as also somewhat intriguing, reading. While most of these need-based measures were mooted by the M S Swaminathan-headed National Commission on Farmers in its report in 2006, these were incorporated into the country’s first-ever National Policy for Farmers, brought out by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in 2007. But, these have finally been put on the statute book by the present BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government. Most, if not all, political parties, being the constituents