New farm laws likely to harm livelihood of small traders, says CAIT

A section of the traders has strongly objected to the use of bicholoya (middlemen) in reference to the farmers agitations by several political parties including by senior leaders of the ruling BJP. They said bicholoya is a derogatory term for the traders of this country, which has generated lot of resentment in the trading community.

The traders said after the new laws there was a danger of increasing monopoly in agriculture trade which would impact the livelihood of millions of small traders. 

“Traders of the country who spend their life in maintaining the supply chain against heavy odds and collecting revenue for