Proposed corrections submitted by KSKS Leaders Fredy.K.Thazhath and M.K Dileep to the Kissan Parliament SELECT COMMITTEE

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KUNNEL KRISHNAN M K DILEEP
President Secretary
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Date………………..


We propose the following corrections to the draft bill " The Farmers’ Right to Assured Remunerative Prices for Agricultural Produce Bill,2017"
Preface:
5. AND WHEREAS, the price realized by farmers for their produce is not providing sufficient returns above the cost of production to provide income even to sustain basic needs of the households;

Chapter I
Definitions
3. “Assured Remunerative Price” is the price that has at least 50% profit margin over and above the comprehensive cost of production of a given agricultural commodity or, in case of standing crops and spices, specifically decided by the commission ; at the state level, this could include Bonus announced by the state government additionally, over and above the Assured Remunerative Price announced by the Central Government
6. “farmer” means a person actively engaged in the economic and/or livelihood activity of growing crops, or producing other primary agricultural commodities with or without land ownership, and will include all agricultural operational holders, cultivators, agricultural labourers, sharecroppers, tenants, poultry and livestock rearers, fishers, beekeepers, pastoralists, non-corporate planters and planting labourers as well as forest-gatherers. Peasants' / Workers' Producing Cooperatives, Self-help groups doing cultivation on collectively owned or leased-in land are included.
8. “markets” mean regulated markets, systems of procurement of crops run by state, consumer / service cooperatives, corporations, as well as contract farming arrangements that different entities have for procuring agricultural commodities from farmers, milk collection centres, procurement centres opened by different public sector agencies and other market yards run by government agencies including Panchayats;

Chapter III:

COMMISSION ON AGRICULTURAL COSTS AND PRICES (CACP)

Re-organising the Constitution of CACP

2. (3) five representatives of farmers, including leaders of farmers unions, democratically elected representatives of peasants'/workers' Agricultural Producing Cooperatives, and persons with a proven record of having worked on farmers’ issues : Non Official Members

Chapter V
8. The Government shall invest in organising farmers into Farmers'/workers' Producing Cooperatives, Farmer Producer Organisations, with sufficient infrastructure and financial capital to run their marketing enterprises including processed, value-added produce;

Fredy.K.Thazhath M K Dileep Jayaprakash
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