{"id":326654,"date":"2020-09-20T11:22:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-20T11:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=326654"},"modified":"2020-09-20T16:43:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-20T16:43:53","slug":"pm-modi-calls-passage-of-farm-bills-watershed-moment-in-history-of-agricultural-assures-msp-system-will-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-calls-passage-of-farm-bills-watershed-moment-in-history-of-agricultural-assures-msp-system-will-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi calls passage of farm bills \u2018watershed moment\u2019 in history of agriculture; assures MSP system will continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-324400 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/modi-16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/07\/modi-16.jpg 535w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/07\/modi-16-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/07\/modi-16-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/07\/modi-16-534x411.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished farmers on the passage of farm bills in Parliament and called it a watershed moment in the history of Indian agriculture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said, &#8220;A watershed moment in the history of Indian agriculture! Congratulations to our hardworking farmers on the passage of key bills in Parliament, which will ensure a complete transformation of the agriculture sector as well as empower crores of farmers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">He further said, \u201cFor decades, the Indian farmer was bound by various constraints and bullied by middlemen. The bills passed by Parliament liberate the farmers from such adversities. These bills will add impetus to the efforts to double income of farmers and ensure greater prosperity for them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOur agriculture sector is in desperate need of latest technology that assists the industrious farmers. Now, with the passage of the bills, our farmers will have easier access to futuristic technology that will boost production and yield better results. This is a welcome step,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI said it earlier and I say it once again: System of MSP will remain. Government procurement will continue. We are here to serve our farmers. We will do everything possible to support them and ensure a better life for their coming generations,\u201d Modi added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Earlier in the day, Rajya Sabha passed the Farmers\u2019 and Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020, amid protest by Opposition MPs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The bill was passed with a Voice vote in Rajya Sabha. Both bills were also passed by the Lok Sabha with a voice vote a couple of days back.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday wished farmers on the passage of farm bills in Parliament and called it a watershed moment in the history of Indian agriculture.\u00a0 In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said, &#8220;A watershed moment in the history of Indian agriculture! Congratulations to our hardworking farmers on the passage of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":324400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[13451,316],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326654"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326665,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326654\/revisions\/326665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/324400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}