PM to Reach Out to Farmers Through ‘Mann ki Baat’ Radio Programme Today

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach out to farmers today through his monthly radio programme, ‘Mann Ki Baat’, for which he has sought suggestions and inputs from them.

The radio programme will air on All India Radio at 11 am.

PM Modi’s address to farmers assumes significance as the agriculture community was a subject of debate in the context of the new Land Acquisition Bill in Parliament.

The land bill, which seeks to amend the Land Acquisition Act of 2013, has come under severe criticism from various parties, which contend that it will hurt farmers’ interests. The government, on the other hand, insists that the interests of farmers have been taken care of in the new bill, which seeks to speed up developmental works.

The bill sailed through the Lok Sabha or Lower House, where the government has a big majority, but is yet to be presented in the Rajya Sabha in the face of the Congress-led opposition’s firm rejection of it as “anti-farmer”.

Faced with such opposition, the government has not introduced the bill passed by Lok Sabha in the upper house as it fears that the united Opposition will send the bill to a parliamentary committee for scrutiny thus blocking its immediate passage.

The government is minority in the Rajya Sabha and needs the help of other parties to pass legislation.

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Source:Ndtv

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