Chandigarh
(I-Haryana News): Haryana Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday passed two bills, The
Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2012to make amendments in section 1 and 2 of the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961.
The Haryana Agriculture Minister introduced the first bill, The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2012at 1.04pm and requested house to consider this bill for discussion and passage.
Mr.
Bharat Bhushan Batra, MLA Rohtak supported the bill and suggested to
add vegetables in this type of online trading and proposed suggestion
regarding clause 9 terminology
of section 8C of bill to delete the word which Haryana Agriculture
Minister accepted and deleted the words from proposed bill in suspension
and cancellation of licenses.
Sampat Singh, MLA Nalwa also supported the bill and asked to create more infrastructure in Agriculture Marketing in Haryana.
The
speaker was on seen on hurry to declare bill passed that it took hardly
11 minute to house to pass the bill as both bills were declared passed
by the Haryana assembly at 1.15pm exactly in duration of 11 minute with
two speakers took part in law making of Haryana agriculture marketing.
Intelligent Haryana News Investigation Says;
First time clause
specific debate or discussion was held on in the house on The Punjab
Agricultural Produce Markets (Haryana Amendment) Bill, 2012,
when Mr. Batra asked to delete some words from clause of section 8C to
which Agriculture Minister accepted and deleted the terminology asked by
Mr. Batra from proposed bill.
It
is mention that to pass the bills in ultra speed mode Minister asked
the house to considered and pass the bill in at once, which usually
assembly members allow this because most of MLAs consider their prime
work, the legislative work as burden on them because they do not see
their contributions in law making process.
Haryana
is an Agriculture state and most of people representatives claimed
themselves as farmer, famers’ sons and daughters, but it is matter of
shock that officially more than fifty members were present in the house
but two spoke on this famers linked bill.
That
too, Mr. Batra who represents a urban consistency and raised the
question of traders license suspension or cancellation by competent
authority (Traders Interests), but no one in house spoke on Framers
interests safeguards in proposed bill.
When
Intelligent Haryana News asked Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Bhupinder
Singh Hooda in a press conference held at Haryana Vidhan Sabha press
Gallery about whether there will be any Minimum Support Price for
Horticulture produces to be selling through proposed online commodity
Market after enforcement of this act.
Mr.Hooda said did not answered to pointed question instead categorically
stated that he supports Foreign Direct Investment in Retail sector and
The Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets (Haryana Amendment) act, 2012
passed by Haryana assembly is a step towards this direction.
Objective of Bills (now Acts) as mentioned in Act:
With
a fundamental objective of facilitating remunerative prices for
agricultural and horticultural produce and protecting the interest of
the farmers, the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961 lays down
a legal framework for trade of agricultural and horticultural produce
and-for establishment and superintendence of agricultural market yards and management of related infrastructure in the State.
With
a view to harmonizing the Agricultural Produce Markets Act in various
States of the Union and in order to introduce several reforms that are
expected to enhance accessibility of farmers to national and
international markets for improved remunerative prices, Government of
India in Ministry of Agriculture circulated a Model State Agricultural
Produce-Marketing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2003
which has several suggestions for adoption by the States of the Union in
their respective Acts. In Order to pursue and build consensus for these
reforms, Government of India constituted a Committee of State Ministers
of Agricultural Marketing. Consequently, these reforms were deliberated
upon in several meetings of this Committee and in other forums. The
Government, after careful consideration of these reforms, is now seeking
adoption of some of these provisions which have been found suitable for
adoption-in the Agricultural Produce Marketing Act for the State of Haryana.
These
provisions include establishment of collection centres to facilitate
direct purchase of horticulture produce from farmers, provision of
primary processing facilities, such as grading, packaging and storage in
these collection centres and market yards in Public Private Partnership
Mode and establishment of markets of National importance or Terminal
markets. The amendments also seek to facilitate establishment of
electronics spot exchanges in order to improve farmers' access to
national and international markets and enhance remunerative prices.
Through
these amendments, the Government is also seeking to change the
nomenclature of the Act from the Punjab Agricultural Produce Markets
Act, 1961 to the Haryana Agricultural Produce Markets Act, 1961.
Source: Intelligent Haryana News
Dinesh Singh Rawat says:
Million dollars question raises has Government of Haryana done study before enacting this act of past experiences on this directions if yes what are the out come of that if done, not why in hurry ??
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