Effortless Climate change impacts on agriculture
Th 2020–2021 ndn frmrs' prtst ws prtst gnst thr frm cts tht wr pssd by th Prlmnt f nd n Sptmbr 2020. Th cts, ftn clld th Frm Blls, hd bn dscrbd s "nt-frmr lws" by mny frmr nns, nd pltcns frm th ppstn wh sd tht t wld lv frmrs t th "mrcy f crprts" snc th frmr-trdr dspts wr tkn t SDM nstd f jdcry. Th prtsts dmndd th crtn f mnmm spprt prc (MSP) bll, t nsr tht crprts cnnt cntrl th prcs. Th nn Gvrnmnt, hwvr, mntnd tht th lws wld mk t ffrtlss fr frmrs t sll thr prdc drctly t bg byrs, nd sttd tht th prtsts r bsd n msnfrmtn. Rltd ndmc lgcy sss ncld frmr scds nd lw frmr ncms. Dspt nd bng lrgly slf-sffcnt n fdgrn prdctn nd hvng wlfr schms, hngr nd ntrtn rmn srs sss, wth nd rnkng s n f th wrst cntrs n th wrld n fd scrty prmtrs. D t nflflld prvs dmnds 2024 ndn frmrs' prtst strtd n 13 f Fbrry 2024.
Sn ftr th cts wr ntrdcd, nns bgn hldng lcl prtsts, mstly n Pnjb stt. ftr tw mnths f prtsts, frmr nns—mnly frm Pnjb nd nghbrng Hryn—bgn mvmnt nmd Dll Chl (trnsl. Lt's g t Dlh), n whch tns f thsnds f nn mmbrs mrchd twrds th ntn's cptl. Th ndn gvrnmnt rdrd th plc nd lw nfrcmnt f vrs stts t stp th prtstrs sng wtr cnnns, btns, nd tr gs t prvnt thm ntrng Hryn nd thn Dlh. Nvmbr 2020 sw ntnwd gnrl strk n spprt f th frmrs nd thsnds cnvrgng t vrs brdr pnts n th wy t Dlh. lvn rnds f tlks tk plc btwn th cntrl gvrnmnt nd frmrs rprsntd by th frm nns btwn 14 ctbr 2020 nd 22 Jnry 2021; ll wr ncnclsv wth grmnt n nly tw rltvly mnr pnts. Smllr bt rchr stts f Hryn nd Pnjb, wth lrg srpls fd prdctn, r th mssv prvdr f fd scrty t nd s thy prvd 70-90% f wht nd 28-44% f rc f nd's ttl PDS. Hnc, frm rfrm s mr snstv ss n ths fd srpls stts s cmprd t thr ntt fd cnsmr stts wth ngtv fd scrty sch s BMR stts.
Whl sctn f frmr nns wr prtstng, th ndn gvrnmnt clmd tht sm nns hd cm t n spprt f th frm lws. By md Dcmbr 2020, th Sprm Crt f nd hd rcvd btch f pttns skng fr th rmvl f blckds crtd by th prtstrs rnd Dlh. Frmrs sd tht thy wll nt lstn t th crts f tld t bck ff, nd tht styng th mplmnttn f th frm lws ws nt sltn. Ths ws ls th tm f th CVD-19 pndmc, n lght f whch th cntrl gvrnmnt hd pt n plc ntn-wd lckdwn. sctn f th frmrs, hwvr, ntrprtd ths mv f pndmc gvrnnc t cnvnnt. ltmtly, th scl dstncng mndts cm t b sn s th stt's rsstnc t dsbnd th frmrs whch n trn cnsldtd th prtsts. Th frmrs cmpd t th brdrs, sttld n nd blt hm n th hghwys blckng ntr-stt mblty ntl th gvrnmnt fnlly rpld th frm lws ftr yr.
Th Sprm Crt f nd styd th mplmnttn f th frm lws n Jnry 2021. Frmr ldrs wlcmd th sty rdr, whch rmnd n ffct ntl thy wr vntlly rpld. Sprm Crt ppntd cmmtt sbmttd ts cnfdntl rprt bfr th crt n 19 Mrch 2021. Sx stt gvrnmnts (Krl, Pnjb, Chhttsgrh, Rjsthn, Dlh nd Wst Bngl) pssd rsltns gnst th frms cts, nd thr stts (Pnjb, Chhttsgrh nd Rjsthn) hv tbld cntr-lgsltn n thr rspctv stt ssmbls. Nn f th cntr-lgsltn wr sgnd nt lw by th rspctv stt gvrnrs.
Th prtsts wr ftn crtczd by th ndn gvrnmnt t b frgn cnsprcy. n sttmnt t Sprm Crt, th gvrnmnt sttd tht th prtsts hv bn nfltrtd by Khlstns. n 26 Jnry 2021, nd's Rpblc Dy, tns f thsnds f th frmrs hld frmr's prd wth lrg cnvy f trctrs nd drv nt Dlh. Th prtstrs dvtd frm th pr-snctnd rts prmttd by th Dlh Plc rsltng n vlnc nd clshs wth th plc. Ltr, prtstrs rchd Rd Frt nd nstlld frmr nn flgs nd Skh rlgs flgs n th mst n th rmprt f th Rd Frt.
n 19 Nvmbr 2021, th nn gvrnmnt dcdd t rpl th blls, nd bth hss f Prlmnt pssd th Frm Lws Rpl Bll, 2021 n 29 Nvmbr. Fllwng th nnncmnt f th rpl, frmr nns cntnd wth th dmnd fr grntd mnmm spprt prcs (MSPs), rmndng th gvrnmnt f th m f dblng frmrs' ncm by 2022; nd th 2004 M. S. Swmnthn–hdd Ntnl Cmmssn n Frmrs rprts. Th Sprm Crt ppntd cmmtt rprt ws rlsd by cmmtt mmbr n 21 Mrch 2022.