 bill no 152 of  2017 the right  to protection of crop produce  bill, 2017 by shri  shrirang appa barne,  mp a billto provide for right to farmers for protection and sale of surplus crop produce at remunerative prices and for matters connected therewithbe  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the right to protection of crop produce bill, 2017short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint5definitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appropriate government" means in the case of a state, the government of that state and in all other cases, the central government;(b) "centre" means any establishment of the appropriate government meant for storage and sale of crop produce;(c) "committee" means the inspection and encouragement committee constituted under section 4;(d) "farmer" means any person who cultivates land or causes it to be cultivated for agricultural or horticultural purposes; and(e)  "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act53 every farmer shall have the right to protect his crop produce and the sale of surplus crop produced at remunerative prices at such centres as may be designated by the appropriate government, from time to timeright to protect and storage of surplus cropproduce4 for the purposes of section3, the appropriate government shall—duty of the appropriate government10(i) extend the benefit of right to protection of crop produce to all the farmersirrespective of religion, caste, gender, age, lineage or economic condition;(ii) determine the remunerative prices of crop produce from time to time; (iii) purchase the surplus crop produce of a farmer at remunerative prices whichshall be paid in cash;(iv) develop the storage facilities for surplus crop produce of farmers;15(v) ensure necessary arrangements for transfer of surplus crop produce toother parts of the country that are deficit in such crop produce;(vi) create awareness amongst farmers for selling their surplus produce atdesignated centres so as to receive the remunerative prices of such crop products;20(vii) organize campaigns to create awareness from time to time about disastrousresults of approaching hoarders by farmers;(viii) implement model code of practice to be framed by the appropriategovernment;(ix) provide financial assistance to such farmers who are economically weak forincreasing quality and quantity of crop produce; and25(x) make necessary arrangements free of cost for transportation of surplus cropproduce of farmers to designated centres for sale; and(xi) undertake such other measures as it deem necessary for carrying out thepurposes of this act305 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a committee to be known as inspection and encouragement committee for proper implementation of the provisions of this act(2) the committee shall consist of—constitution of an inspection and encouragement committee(a) union minister of agriculture and farmers welfare, as chairperson,ex-officio;35(b) one agricultural scientist having such expertise to be appointed by the central government in such manner as may be prescribed, member-secretary; and(c) chief minister or minister of agriculture of respective state government member, ex-officio40(3) the committee shall meet at least four times a month:provided that the chairperson may if he deems fit call for a meeting at any time in consultation with the member-secretary and members of the committee, as and when the circumstances so warrant(4) the union ministry of agriculture and farmers welfare shall provide secretarial and financial assistance to the committee6 the committee shall—functions of the committee(1) ensure proper implementation of the provisions of this act;5(2) ensure mandatory procurement of surplus crop produce of a farmer toother parts of the country;(3) organize training programmes for farmers, from time to time to acquaintthem about use of seeds, fertilizers, plant conservation, chemical and irrigation systems in agricultural works through balanced and modern methods;10(4) organize special campaign programme for make farming profitable andsuitable as a means of livelihood;(5) make arrangements to set up fair price shop of crop produce; (6) make arrangements for procurement of surplus agricultural produce ofevery farmer in a dignified way; and15(7) undertake such other functions as may be assigned to it from time to time bythe appropriate governmentcentral government to provide funds7 the central government shall, after due appropriation made by parliamentby law in this behalf, provide requisite funds to the committee, from time to time, for carrying out the purposes of this act20power to remove difficulty8 if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, thecentral government may, by order, make such provisions not inconsistent withprovisions of this act, which appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of three years fromthe date of commencement of this act259 the provisions of this act shall be in addition and not in derogation of anyother law for the time being in force dealing with the subject matter of this actact not in derogation of other laws power to make rules10 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette,make rules for carrying out the purposes of this act3035(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it ismade, 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 mkaing any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should 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 without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe formulation of policies in the public interest and its proper implementation are important characteristics of a welfare state but when the subject matter is related to agriculture, the public welfare state seems eyewash even after a span of seventy years of independence, there has not been any major change in the life of farmers of the country according to a report based on the national sample survey, more than eighty-six per cent farmers have less than two hectares of land which is resulting in suicide by farmers in a large number whereas a corporate farmer is making profits in crores by gaining income tax rebate the share of agriculture in gross domestic product of the country is approximately fourteen to sixteen per cent whereas forty-nine per cent of total labour force and sixty-four per cent of village labour force is engaged in agricultural worksto emerge out farmers from crop cycles, efforts are being made to make farmers aware through organizing camps on a large scale, organized by the government and the department of agriculture the farmers of uttar pradesh, punjab, rajasthan and madhya pradesh do regrettable farming by getting suggestions from awareness camps organized by the government and the department of agriculture but farmers do engage themselves again in paddy and wheat farming because of not getting the fair prices of crops in mandiesdespite huge production of grains and vegetables in the country, farmers are in trouble they got good fair price of their produce during the last two years but crops were lost due to drought and unseasoned rains as a result their incomes got affected the aim of the government is to make farmers' income double which has been expressed by the hon'ble prime minister many times but whether the crop is much or less, the income of farmers never increases this year prices of vegetables or grains got new lows despite sowing on huge scale and favourable seasondespite food sufficiency in the country, there has been constant less availability of food grains in the country for want of proper mechanism therefore, by procurement of surplus produce from farmers on fair price by the government along with by making that available in other parts of the country, the price rise would be controlled and farmers will get fair price of their producehence this bill financial  memorandumclause 5 of the bill provides for the constitution of an inspection and encouragement committee clause 6 provides for functions of the inspection and encourage committee clause 7 makes it mandatory for the central government to provide requisite funds to the committee 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 twenty thousand crore will be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees fifteen thousand crore is  likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 10 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the act as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character———— a billto provide for right to farmers for protection and sale of surplus crop produce at remunerative prices and for matters connected therewith————(shri shrirang appa barne, mp)gmgipmrnd—1380ls(s3)—26-07-2017