The reforms have given farmers new options and safeguards, PM Modi said
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke on the farm laws again, pointing out their positives, as his ministers scrambled to discuss the mammoth protest against the laws where farmers, camping at Delhi borders, have threatened to gherao the national capital. In his address at an event, PM Modi pointed out the advantages of the new laws, saying they are giving better access to markets — both national and international. But “if someone thinks that the earlier system is better, how is this law stopping anyone, bhai?” he added.
“The reforms have given farmers new options and safeguards,” PM Modi said.
“Earlier, any transactions outside a mandi were considered illegal. This was against small farmers who could not even reach mandis. Now even the smallest of farmers can legally operate outside mandis . So farmers have got new options and also got legal safeguards to stop them from getting fleeced.”
