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Educated Assessment of India's Farm Bill

  Farmer's Protest in Delhi The Farm Bills 2020 is a combination of three agricultural bills passed by Indian Parliament in September 2020. These three bills are: Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill Three farm bills are expected to create a major impact on Indian agriculture and agro-trade and will change the way India's farmers do business. When farm bills passed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the passage of the bills a 'watershed' moment.These contentious bills have sparked protests by farmers in Punjab, Haryana, and Western UP. Lets take a deep breath and analyze the situation by studying the content of the bills as well as articulating the concerns of the farmers in a logical way. But what qualifies me to make this assessment? Brought up in the agro-industry base of the sugar belt in Western UP,