Farmers are demanding to implement the report of the Swaminathan Committee.
Kisan Aandolan The mahapanchayat of farmers has started in Jind, Haryana. Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait is also present in this mahapanchayat of farmers. In the presence of Rakesh Tikat, national spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union, the proposal to withdraw the agricultural bill has been passed in the mahapanchayat of farmers organized in Jind. In this mahapanchayat, farmers have demanded implementation of the report of the Swaminathan Committee. Apart from this, they have also demanded to trace the missing farmers and withdraw the cases registered on the farmers.

The agitating farmers have explicitly demanded that the government withdraw all the three agricultural laws and release the arrested people as soon as possible. At the same time, Rakesh Tikait has said that the central government has time till October. If the government does not agree then we will march with 44 lakh tractors. Earlier, while addressing the farmers on the Ghazipur border, National Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Non-Political), Chaudhary Rakesh Tikait had said that the government should withdraw all the three laws, make laws on the MSP and implement the report of the Swaminathan Committee. After ending the peasant movement, they will go home from the borders of Delhi.
In the farmers’ movement, the police is seriously investigating the violence in several areas of the national capital during the Tractor Parade organized by the agitating farmers on 26 January on the occasion of Republic Day. In this episode, Delhi Police has started searching for the accused in the violence in the Red Fort. In the case of violence at the Red Fort, Delhi Police has announced a reward of Rs 1 lakh on the accused. So far, 38 cases have been registered in connection with the violence and arrested 84 people.

Objective of Swaminathan Commission Report
The National Farmers Commission was formed on 18 November 2004 under the leadership of eminent agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan. The Commission submitted its fifth and final report to the government on 4 October 2006. The aim of the report was to make agriculture a source of income and employment, along with bringing about a comprehensive and sustainable change in agriculture. It had also formulated the National Farmers Policy incorporating the key recommendations of the Commission, out of which a plan was made to implement 201 action points. An inter-ministerial committee was formed to oversee its implementation.

According to the document, IMC has held eight meetings so far, out of which only three have been held during the tenure of the Modi government. Its first meeting was held on 14 October 2009, whereas, the last meeting was on 8 April 2019. The government says that the new laws are based on the recommendations of the National Commission for Farmers. By the way, if the laws allowing the purchase and sale of agricultural produce outside the APMC (Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee), reference to the Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020, it is definitely stated in the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission That APMC system needs to be changed immediately. However, nowhere in the report has it been said that the central government can make a law about it. The Commission had recommended the States to make changes in their APMC Act.