Lucknow, Sept. 21 -- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has welcomed the two farmers-friendly bills - The Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 and The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020 -passed by Parliament and said they would bring about wide-ranging changes in agriculture sector.

Yogi said these bills reflected Prime Minister Narendra Modi's resolve to ensure welfare of the farmers .

"I thank the prime minister for this public welfare endeavour. The provisions of these bills will herald a new era in the agriculture sector," he said.

Describing it as a unique and historic step of the prime minister, the chief minister said that both the bills...