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Punjab Assembly Rejects Centre's Draft Agricultural Marketing Policy

The resolution criticizes the policy as an attempt to reintroduce repealed farm laws and asserts state authority over agricultural matters.

The Punjab assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution against the Centre’s draft National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing, describing it as an attempt to reintroduce the three farm laws repealed by the Union government in 2021. (Ravi Kumar/HT)
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann speaking on the resolution rejecting the Centre’s draft of the National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing in the Punjab Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)
The Punjab government, last month, rejected the Centre’s draft policy on agricultural marketing, asserting that it is an attempt to bring back the “contentious” provisions of the three farms laws repealed in 2021 by the Centre after a year-long protest by farmers.
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Overview

  • The Punjab assembly unanimously passed a resolution rejecting the Centre’s draft National Policy Framework on Agricultural Marketing.
  • State leaders argue the policy undermines state authority and seeks to reintroduce provisions from the repealed 2021 farm laws.
  • Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann accused the Centre of targeting Punjab and called the draft policy anti-farmer.
  • Farmer unions and opposition parties, including Congress, supported the resolution, citing concerns over its impact on Punjab’s agriculture.
  • Two BJP MLAs were absent during the vote, and the AAP government emphasized the need for state-specific agricultural policies.