On Wednesday, the Union cabinet passed the bill repealing three farm laws that farmers have been protesting since November 2020.
The Union Cabinet adopted the Farm Regulations Abolish Bill, 2021 on Wednesday, draft legislation to repeal three controversial farm laws that have sparked significant protests outside the national capital’s borders for nearly a year. According to sources acquainted with the situation, Union minister Anurag Thakur will provide the official briefing for the Cabinet meeting later in the day at the National Media Centre in New Delhi.
The government’s approval of the plan to repeal the farm regulations, which were passed by Parliament in September of last year, comes only days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the controversial measures would be repealed. The Prime Minister had declared in a televised address on Gurpurab that his government will abolish the agriculture regulations; he had also personally apologized to the people of the country and admitted that there had been a “deficiency” in attempts to persuade the farmers.
For about a year, around 40 farmer unions have been protesting against these reforms, and one of their main demands has been the repeal of these three laws.
