At a time when the Telangana state government has been strongly opposing the three Central laws pertaining to the agriculture, the NDA government has got full support from Andhra Pradesh.
On Wednesday, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitaraman toured some parts of Krishna district and got a positive response from officials and farmers on the agriculture laws. She told them that they would get benefit in a big way across the country.
Nirmala told reporters later at Vijayawada that the opposition parties were raising objections and concerns only for political reasons with vested interests.
“Even the Congress party has incorporated these reforms in its manifesto. Now, it is cheating the public and voters by opposing these reforms,” she said.
She said a farmer can now take his produce to any state and sell anywhere in the country, without additional burden. She explained that the farmers could utilize the e-NAM platform to get more benefit by selling his produce.
At the same time, the farmers could also go for agreements with the purchasing companies, they could form Farmer Producing Organizations (FPOs), they could add value to their farm produce and many more, Sitharaman explained.
"I met some farmers on my way from the airport to here. They thanked PM Modi for the reforms, as they can sell their produce anywhere in India after these reforms", she said.