Why Rajasthan Farm Act amendments may lack the teeth to help farmers

Rajasthan has amended The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (promotion and facilitation) Act, 2020 to restore what it calls 'the safeguards for the farmers of the state' as under state's APMC Act

The Congress-ruled states’ plan to nullify the three central laws on agricultural markets and provide for alternatives of their own for protection of famer interest, especially on prices for their produce has been executed with three states of Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan passing the amendments to the central Acts in their assemblies. Punjab took the lead, but ended up mainly focussing on paddy and wheat prices by making MSP as the minimum purchase price for any buyer in any channel and penalising any violation of that, besides the state government protecting its own revenue. Chhattisgarh has acquired the power for