While the BJP hails the Minimum Support Price (MSP) hike and passage of Farmers' Bills as a historic day, at least eight opposition parties including the Congress, TMC and DMK have decided to boycott parliament proceedings.
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Farmer groups like Bharatiya Kisan Union have called for a nationwide bandh on September 25. Even RSS affiliate Bharatiya Kisan Sangh wants a legal assurance that the private sector will have to procure crops from farmers on MSP.
Will farmers gain from the government’s reform bills and how much? What are the concerns and opportunities?
To find answers, CNBC-TV18 spoke to two people with a sound understanding of the ground realities in India’s hinterland. RS Sodhi, Managing Director at Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul) and T Nanda Kumar, Former Food & Agriculture Secretary and also the Former Chairman at National Dairy Development Board share their views.