Abhishek Singh, Mahatma Gandhi College Of Law
ABSTRACT
The Monsoon Parliamentary session began on 14th september 2020 and the session will provide a total 18 sitting over a period of 18 days. A total of eleven bills had to be introduced out of which three contentious bills came into headlines of newspaper and television debates which also involved protest and agitations by farmers.
The bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on a voice vote, on 27th September, the president of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind assented and the three contentious bills were passed in the parliament i.e. The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 (FAPAFS), the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 (FPTC) and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 (EC). Keywords: Agriculture, Amendment, Farmers, bills.
