During the farmers’ protest led by Congress on the outskirts of the National Capital, the official X handle of the Congress party, along with several of their leaders, claimed that the series of five reports from the National Commission on Farmers, chaired by MS Swaminathan, commonly referred to as the Swaminathan Commission Report, has been removed from the Ministry of Agriculture and Welfare website.
Congress party wrote on X, ‘ Modi government gave Bharat Ratna to MS Swaminathan ji, which was welcomed by the entire country. But now the news is that the Swaminathan Commission report itself has disappeared from the website of the Agriculture Ministry! Earlier all volumes of the report were available on the ministry’s website. After all, what does the Modi government want to hide from the farmers and the people of the country? Is this not a step to kill the rights of the farmers and mislead them?’
मोदी सरकार ने एमएस स्वामीनाथन जी को भारत रत्न दिया, जिसका पूरे देश ने स्वागत किया।
— Congress (@INCIndia) February 15, 2024
लेकिन अब खबर है कि कृषि मंत्रालय की वेबसाइट से स्वामीनाथन आयोग की रिपोर्ट ही गायब हो गई है!
पहले मंत्रालय की वेबसाइट पर रिपोर्ट के सभी खंड मौजूद थे।
आख़िर मोदी सरकार किसानों और देश की जनता से… pic.twitter.com/tD4GJzLZRD
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted, ‘The report of the Swaminath Committee has disappeared from the website of the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India. After all, why does the Modi government want to hide the truth from us farmers and the people of the country? Why every time a conspiracy is hatched to kill the rights of the farmers and mislead them?’
एक तरफ़ चुनाव नज़दीक देखकर मोदी सरकार स्वामीनाथन जी को 'भारत रत्न' देती है..
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) February 15, 2024
तो दूसरी तरफ़ "किसान विरोधी" मानसिकता देखिए,
भारत सरकार के कृषि मंत्रालय की वेबसाइट से स्वामीनाथ कमेटी की रिपोर्ट ही गायब कर दी !
आख़िर मोदी सरकार हम किसानों और देश की जनता से सच क्यों छुपाना चाहती… pic.twitter.com/U1vOx9uBYx
Journalist Sanket Upadhyay wrote, ‘The Indian Express newspaper says that the report of Bharat Ratna Dr MS Swaminathan is no longer available on the website of the Agriculture Ministry.’
इण्डियन एक्सप्रेस अख़बार कहता है कि भारत रत्न डॉक्टर MS स्वामीनाथन की रिपोर्ट कृषि मंत्रालय की वेबसाइट पर अब उपलब्ध नहीं है। pic.twitter.com/mIy0x7GXMg
— Sanket Upadhyay (@sanket) February 15, 2024
Journalist Jeeva Bharathi wrote, ‘Agricultural Scientist Prof.MS Swaminathan Reports Unavailable in Union Ministry Website!’
इण्डियन एक्सप्रेस अख़बार कहता है कि भारत रत्न डॉक्टर MS स्वामीनाथन की रिपोर्ट कृषि मंत्रालय की वेबसाइट पर अब उपलब्ध नहीं है। pic.twitter.com/mIy0x7GXMg
— Sanket Upadhyay (@sanket) February 15, 2024
According to the claimants, the information gained widespread attention following its initial publication by the prominent newspaper The Indian Express and was subsequently amplified by Abp News.
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Fact Check
Without delay, our investigation started with an examination of the Ministry of Agriculture website. It revealed that all five reports released by the National Commission on Farmers, under the chairmanship of agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan, were present and easily accessible.
Subsequently, we uncovered a tweet from the Ministry of Agriculture explicitly refuting the allegation of removing the Swaminathan report from the website.
The tweet said, “Regarding recent false claims on social media suggesting the removal of Professor MS Swaminathan’s report on the National Commission on Farmers from the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare website. We’d like to emphasize that the report is indeed available on our website at agriwelfare.gov.in (agriwelfare.gov.in/en/PolicyDiv) under the NCF report section.
We'd like to emphasize that the report is indeed available on our website at https://t.co/luabBLIjJv (https://t.co/ABOXRbyq8e) under the NCF report section. (2/2)@PMOIndia@narendramodi@MundaArjun@KailashBaytu@ShobhaBJP@MIB_India
— Agriculture INDIA (@AgriGoI) February 15, 2024
The National Commission on Farmers, led by Prof. M. S. Swaminathan, presented a series of five reports between December 2004 and October 2006. The concluding report, succeeding the initial four, detailed the causes of farmer distress and the surge in farmer suicides. It advocated for a comprehensive national policy to address these issues. The report’s findings and recommendations encompassed areas such as access to resources, social security entitlements, and key aspects like land reforms, irrigation, credit and insurance, food security, employment, agriculture productivity, and farmer competitiveness.
Hence, contrary to the assertions made by the Congress party in an apparent effort to intensify the farmers’ protest, all five reports of the Swaminathan Commission remain accessible on the Ministry of Agriculture website.
| Claim | The Swaminathan Commission Report is no longer present on the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture. |
| Claimed by | Congress Party |
| Fact Check | Fake |
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