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New Farmer Bills 2020 : How this Bills Benefit Farmers, Agritech Startups, Agri Warehouses, and Private players !

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New Farmer Bills 2020 : How they benefit farmers, agritech startups, agri warehouses, and private players  The new Farm Bills are set to benefit marginal farmers, who constitute 80 percent of Indian agriculture. Others who gain are agritech startups,  agri ware houses,  and   organised players in the food trade.    If you’ve followed the recent news cycle and social media trends, you would be acquainted with the three Farm Bills — a set of agricultural reforms passed by the Rajya Sabha and cleared by the President of India.  The Bills led to agitation among a faction of farmers — primarily rice and wheat growers — in Punjab, Haryana, and western Uttar Pradesh, who went on to accuse the central government of “anti-farmer” policies. Despite their hue and cry, which was concentrated in belts where state government procurement is maximum, the truths and ground realities may well be different for a majority of those involved in agriculture in India.  Most sections of the industry and key st