Repeal

29 Nov 2021

In power

BJP — Centre

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Centre

Under

Farm Laws Repeal Act, 2021 (No. 40 of 2021)

Parliament passed the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 on 29 November 2021. Lok Sabha passed it by voice vote without debate amid opposition protests, and Rajya Sabha passed it the same afternoon. Opposition parties had demanded a discussion. The government said a debate was not needed because the Prime Minister had already agreed to the repeal. The President assented on 30 November, and the Farm Laws Repeal Act, 2021 (No. 40 of 2021), which repeals the three 2020 Acts, was published in the Gazette on 1 December 2021. Around the repeal, protest leaders and opposition MPs put the number of farmers who died during the agitation at 700 to 750; the Agriculture Ministry told the Lok Sabha in a written reply that it had no record of such deaths (see figures). [3][2][5][6]

• more than 700 farmers who died during the protest, said Rakesh Tikait, Bharatiya Kisan Union (reported by The Guardian, 19 November 2021) [1]
• 750 farmers who died during the agitation, said Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha (as reported by The Hindu) [2]
• 700 farmers who died during the agitation, said Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha (as reported by Scroll) [5]
• 700 farmers who died during the agitation, said Rahul Gandhi, Congress (to reporters, 29 November 2021) [4]
• 750 farmers who died during the protest, said Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress, in the Lok Sabha [6]
• no record farmers who died during the agitation, said Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (written Lok Sabha reply by Narendra Singh Tomar) [6]

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