KBC 2021: Introduced by the Centre, which state assembly passed a resolution against the Ordinances on Agricultural Marketing?

Kerala

Rajasthan

Punjab

Chhattisgarh

Answer: Punjab

On August 29, 2020, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh tabled a resolution in the state assembly against the Centre’s farm ordinances and the proposed electricity bill. The Assembly unanimously passed the resolution.

According to the resolution, the ordinances were against the rights of the farmers and the federal structure. It the farmers’ produce trade and commerce ordinance, farmers’ agreement on price assurance and farm services ordinance, essential commodities (amendment) ordinance and the electricity amendment Bill 2020. The resolution termed these ordinances as anti-farmer and against the MSP regime.

The Punjab CM said the House was seriously concerned about the apprehensions caused by the three ordinances to the people of Punjab, particularly the marginal farmers and landless workers.

The central government, during the Monsoon session in 2020, passed three farm bills. Farmers from Punjab and Haryana have been protesting against the laws since November 2020 on the outskirts of Delhi.  

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