 bill  no 77 of  2018 the national agriculture and farmers commission bill,  2018 by shri rodmal nagar,  mp abillto provide for the establishment of a national agriculture and farmers commission for welfare of farmers and comprehensive development of agriculture and for matters connected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the national agriculture and farmers commission act, 2018short title, extent and commencement(2)  it extends to the whole of india5(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "agriculture" includes horticulture, animal husbandry, forestry, dairy and poultry farming, pisciculture, and other allied activities, whether or not undertaken jointly with agriculture;(b) "agricultural produce" includes paddy, wheat, coarse cereals, pulses, sugarcane, gram, cotton, oilseeds, vegetables, fruits, jute, coconut, tobacco, areca nuts and such other agricultural produce as may be notified by the central government, from time to time;5(c) "commission" means national agriculture and farmers commission established under section 3;(d) "farmer" means any person who cultivates land or causes it to be cultivated for agricultural or horticultural purposes;10(e) "fund" means the agriculture and farmers development fund constituted under section 6; and(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act3 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, establish a commission to be known as the national agriculture and farmers commission for carrying out the purposes of this actestablishment of national agriculture and farmers commission15(2) the commission shall consist of—(a) a chairperson, having special knowledge in the field of agriculture; and(b) such number of members including agricultural economist, agriculture scientist and experts in matters related to the farmers, to be appointed by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed20(3) the central government shall provide such number of experts, officers and staff to commission, as may be required for its efficient functioning(4) the salary and allowances payable to and other terms and conditions of service of the chairperson, members, experts and officers and staff of the commission shall be such as may be prescribed254 the commission shall—functions of the commission(a) determine the minimum support price of agricultural produce; (b) maintain the price of agricultural produce at appropriate levels; (c) issue the executive instructions to various agencies;(d) monitor the import and export of agricultural produce;30(e) formulate measures for the welfare of farmers from the adverse effects on agriculture;(f ) prepare the national policy, from time to time, to increase the productivity of agriculture produce;(g) investigate into the incidents of suicide by the farmers;35(h) frame the rules to carry out the provisions of this act for the welfare of agriculture and farmers;(i) protect the agricultural bio-diversity; (j) protect the farmers from the fluctuations in prices of agricultural produce in market;40(k) advice the central government in matters related to the farmers and agriculture;and(l) undertake such other functions as may be assigned to it, from time to time, by the central government5 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitutea fund to be known as the agriculture and farmers development fund for carrying out the purposes of this actconstitution of the agriculture and farmers development fund5(2) the central government and the state governments shall contribute to the fundin such ratio as may be prescribed6 the central government shall provide after due appropriation made by parliament by law in this behalf, necessary requisite funds, from time to time, for carrying out the purposes of this actcentral government to provide requisite funds107 the provisions of this act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in forceact to have overriding effectpower to make rules8 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purpose of this act1520(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under the rule statement of objects and reasonsin the absence of any firm principle regarding intervention in the market by government to solve the problems faced by the agricultural sector and the farmers, problems are remaining unchanged as ever in the current scenario, an autonomous, powerful intervention by government institutions for the protection of interests of farmers and the agriculture bio-diversity is very essential developed countries like european union, united states of america, japan etc provide production subsidy so that innovative domestic initiatives may be taken to protect the farmers from the adverse effects of agriculture related problems different commissions have been set up for different categories in our country, but there is no autonomous, empowered and dedicated commission for the welfare of the agricultural sector till now despite the fact half of our population is dependent on agriculture which could protect the rights of farmers the dedicated commission for agriculture sector welfare of farmers is neededefforts are required to be made to increase the income of farmers monitoring in right way is needed to be done by bringing the implementation of crop insurance scheme into the purview of the commission and farmers be protected from speculative forces like share market and future market on the lines of sebi like institution which works for more than three crore share holders, an agriculture regulatory institution is needed for twenty seven crore farmers which may look into the problem of farmers and present their view point before government effectivelythe bill, therefore, seeks to establish a national agriculture and farmer commission to introduce new dimensions in the field of agriculture and to work for protection, benefit and welfare of the farmers to bring positive bearing on economic progress of countryhence this billnew delhi;rodmal nagarfebruary 1, 2018 financial  memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the constitution of a national commission for agriculture and farmers it also provides that the central government shall make available necessary experts, officers and staff for the efficient functioning of the commission clause 6 provides for the constitution of an agriculture and farmers development fund clause 7 provides that the central government shall provide requisite funds to the commission for carrying out the provisions of this act the bill, therefore, if enacted, is likely to involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that an annual recurring expenditure of about rupees five hundred crore would be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— abillto provide for the establishment of a national agriculture and farmer's commission for welfare of farmers and comprehensive development of agriculture and for matters connected therewith————(shri rodmal nagar, mp)mgipmrnd—4186ls(s3)—05-03-2018