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Will incomes improve? Agri Bills see mixed response from farmers

Thousands of farmers protest against the Bills in Punjab and Haryana

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"The government should ensure that all such transactions are recorded through the e-NaM platform," Shriram Gadhave, president of the Vegetable Growers Association of India

Sanjeeb MukherjeeViveat Susan Pinto New Delhi/Mumbai
Amid the turmoil over the three agriculture-related Bills, recently passed by Parliament, Sushil Hanote, 27, a farmer from Mali Silpati village in Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, is busy tending to his paddy and maize crops grown in around 4 acres.
 
Not much aware of the nuances in the three pieces of legislation, which have promised to transform his life, Sushil, categorised as a small and marginal farmer in government records, says he prefers selling to someone who picks up the produce at his farm and pays a good price.
 
Several times in the nearby Betul mandi, the