Panel report on farm laws not yet out

Its implementation will aid in peaceful resolution of the stalemate, says member

Almost six months after the Supreme Court-appointed committee on the farm reform laws in a sealed cover, two of the panel’s members are asking why it has not yet been made public. “The report has addressed all apprehensions of the farmers. The committee was confident that the recommendations will pave the way for resolving the ongoing farmers’ agitation,” said one of the members, Anil Ghanwat, in a letter to the Chief Justice of India that was posted on September 1 and emailed on September 6. “As a member of the committee, especially representing the farmers’ community, I am pained that the issue raised by the farmers is not yet resolved and the agitation is continuing. I feel the report has not been given any attention by the hon’ble Supreme Court,” added Mr. Ghanwat, who heads the Shetkari Sanghatana farmers group. He urged the SC to release the report in the public domain and forward it to the Government of India for implementation to aid in a “peaceful resolution of the stalemate to the farmers’ satisfaction at the earliest”. He would not share any information about the recommendations made in the report.