MSP as Legal Guarantee is a Made-for-disaster Proposal, Will Lead to Market Collapse
2 years, 11 months ago

MSP as Legal Guarantee is a Made-for-disaster Proposal, Will Lead to Market Collapse

News 18  

The farmer groups are all set to converge to decide how to take forward their demand for MSP as a legal guarantee. They do not want the government to procure all the crops but just pay the differential between market price and MSP to farmers. The farmer groups are not saying that they want the government to procure at MSP, but to pay the difference whenever the market price falls below MSP. False Price, Artificial Scarcity Since the MP Bhavantar scheme led to market collapse, the suggestion has been to cap the differential so that it will not lead to price crashes. When Minimum Price is the Maximum Price Of course with MSP as a legal guarantee for all crops, the minimum support price will effectively become the maximum price that the farmers can get in the market.

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Farmers push for SC’s help after parliamentary standing committee backs MSP law
2 days, 1 hour ago

Farmers push for SC’s help after parliamentary standing committee backs MSP law

Hindustan Times  

Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-unto-death, and several protesting farmers’ unions have urged the Supreme Court to ask the Centre to implement a parliamentary standing committee’s recommendation for legally guaranteed support prices. In its report on demand for grants tabled in the just-concluded Parliament session, the standing committee on agriculture, animal husbandry and food processing has …

RJD MP Manoj Jha takes a jibe at Agriculture Minister says ‘a lot of difference between words and reality’
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2 weeks, 3 days ago

RJD MP Manoj Jha takes a jibe at Agriculture Minister says ‘a lot of difference between words and reality’

The Hindu  

Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Rajya Sabha MP Manoj Jha on Saturday took a jibe at Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan for his Parliament address on farmers, saying, “There is a lot of difference between their word and reality.” Speaking with ANI, Mr. Jha criticised the authorities for the use of tear gas on the farmers protesting at the Sambu border with …

Modi govt will buy all farm produce at MSP, says Shivraj Chouhan in Rajya Sabha
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Modi govt will buy all farm produce at MSP, says Shivraj Chouhan in Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government has fixed minimum support prices of crops to give at least 50% returns and will purchase all farm produce at these rates, Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday as farmers were taking part in a march to the Capital to demand legally guaranteed prices. Union agriculture minister …

‘MSP purchase is Modi govt’s guarantee,’ says India’s agriculture minister as farmer unions renew protests
Trending News
2 weeks, 4 days ago

‘MSP purchase is Modi govt’s guarantee,’ says India’s agriculture minister as farmer unions renew protests

Firstpost  

‘All produce of farmers will be purchased at minimum support price. This is the Modi government and the guarantee to fulfil Modi’s guarantee,’ Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in Rajya Sabha on Friday Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan assured the Rajya Sabha on Friday that the Narendra Modi government is committed to purchasing all farm produce at …

Police in India clash with farmers during protest march over minimum price demand for crops
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Police in India clash with farmers during protest march over minimum price demand for crops

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian police on Friday used tear gas against hundreds of farmers taking part in a march to New Delhi to demand guaranteed crop prices in a repeat of 2021 protests. The farmers, who began their march in Haryana and Punjab, are seeking guarantees, backed by law, of more state support or a minimum purchase price for farm …

Announcement not enough, need legal guarantee for MSP: Farmer unions
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Announcement not enough, need legal guarantee for MSP: Farmer unions

Hindustan Times  

A day after Haryana chief minister Nayab Saini announced that his government will buy all 24 crops on the minimum support price in the state, up from the existing 14, the prominent farmer unions in the state have now called for a legal guarantee for the MSP. Rattan Mann, state president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union, said, “This announcement is …

Will Modi govt bring law to give legal guarantee of MSP? Agri minister keeps everyone guessing – Firstpost
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Will Modi govt bring law to give legal guarantee of MSP? Agri minister keeps everyone guessing – Firstpost

Firstpost  

On Friday, the Union Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that the BJP-led NDA government is constantly increasing MSP on food grains in view of farmers’ welfare The question of whether the government will work up a law to provide a legal guarantee of minimum support price on agricultural produce has once again come up in the …

Fresh push for law to guarantee crop support prices
5 months, 1 week ago

Fresh push for law to guarantee crop support prices

New Indian Express  

Farmers’ organisations have been lobbying to bring in guaranteed minimum support prices through private member bills. The ‘non-political’ breakaway of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Morcha, who have substantial support in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, have parleyed with several non-NDA MPs to move the needle during the upcoming budget session of parliament. A legislative …

Farmers to petition Opposition MPs for private members’ bill on MSP guarantee
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Farmers to petition Opposition MPs for private members’ bill on MSP guarantee

The Hindu  

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is spearheading an agitation for the welfare of farmers, will be submitting a memorandum to the Opposition MPs on July 8 seeking the introduction of a private members’ bill demanding a law on Minimum Support Price guarantee and complete waiver of farm loans. The president of the Federation of Karnataka Farmers’ Associations Kurubur Shanthakumar, who …

Centre clears new minimum support price for 14 Kharif crops
6 months ago

Centre clears new minimum support price for 14 Kharif crops

Hindustan Times  

The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday approved the minimum support price on 14 Kharif crops, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced. The Narendra Modi government on Wednesday approved the minimum support price on 14 Kharif crops Vaishnaw said that after today's decision, the farmers will get around ₹2 lakh crore as MSP. The minister said the Centre had a clear policy …

Guaranteed MSP is an ethical imperative
9 months ago

Guaranteed MSP is an ethical imperative

The Hindu  

March 20, 2024 01:53 am | Updated 12:00 pm IST As the general elections draw closer, agrarian concerns have once again taken centre stage. This constitutes a ‘market failure.’ Thus, MSP ensures that agricultural commodity prices remain above a predetermined benchmark to facilitate remunerative price discovery. The Karnataka Agricultural Price Commission has laid out a clear roadmap, including potential financial …

Explained: Five unfounded objections against minimum support price
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Explained: Five unfounded objections against minimum support price

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 08, 2024 16:21 IST - 5 MINS READ A series of objections are frequently raised against the farmers’ demand for an MSP. The dumping of such produce in Indian markets and the Indian government’s own actions such as export bans and import policies distort the market against the interests of the farmers. ‘Food will become unaffordable if …

Utsa Patnaik writes: Why the farmers’ protest 2.0 is a battle against servitude
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Utsa Patnaik writes: Why the farmers’ protest 2.0 is a battle against servitude

The Hindu  

Published : Mar 07, 2024 11:00 IST - 13 MINS READ Jawaharlal Nehru had written that once Britain obtained political control over India—which started effectively from 1765 with the East India Company wresting the right of tax collection in Bengal—our country’s economic development could no longer be understood in isolation, without considering its relation to international capitalism. “The cold temperate …

Reimagine MSP regime to secure farm future
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Reimagine MSP regime to secure farm future

Hindustan Times  

Early in my career, a Punjab farmer, upon my asking why he sowed paddy despite having to search deeper every year for water, said, “I will sow what you want, you just assure me a reasonable return.” That year, on a trip to Haryana, I asked a poultry farmer and an aggregator who procured from him how government policies facilitated …

Guarantee procurement, not just minimum prices
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Guarantee procurement, not just minimum prices

Hindustan Times  

In November 2022, a year-long farmer protest movement forced the Union government to repeal the 2021 farm laws which de-regulated agricultural markets in India. On the other hand, farmers insist that the MSP, when coupled with actual procurement, provides them with a price floor that enables them to negotiate better prices with private traders and large corporations and thereby earn …

Should Minimum Support Price be legalised?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Should Minimum Support Price be legalised?

The Hindu  

On February 13, groups of farmers began a march to New Delhi, to press for fulfilment of their demands, which include a legal guarantee for purchasing crops at Minimum Support Price and India’s withdrawal from the World Trade Organization which, they allege, places pressure on the Centre for drafting policies for procurement and MSP. While the Centre has fixed MSP …

Should Minimum Support Price be legalised?
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Should Minimum Support Price be legalised?

The Hindu  

On February 13, groups of farmers began a march to New Delhi, to press for fulfilment of their demands, which include a legal guarantee for purchasing crops at Minimum Support Price and India’s withdrawal from the World Trade Organization which, they allege, places pressure on the Centre for drafting policies for procurement and MSP. One of the most important demands …

Kavitha Kuruganti: “Don’t equate MSP with government procurement”
10 months ago

Kavitha Kuruganti: “Don’t equate MSP with government procurement”

New Indian Express  

As the country approaches yet another general election, the atmosphere in the nation’s capital is again heating up, but not because of the usual politics. Their primary demand is the establishment of legally-mandated minimum prices for all agricultural produce in India – also known as ‘legal MSP’ or ‘legal minimum support price’. In fact, many critics are interpreting the demands …

Legal guarantee for MSP will make farmers drivers of GDP growth: Rahul Gandhi
10 months ago

Legal guarantee for MSP will make farmers drivers of GDP growth: Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

Legal guarantee for MSP will not make Indian farmers a burden on the budget but ensure that they become drivers of GDP growth, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday as he claimed that "lies" are being spread that the MSP guarantee is not feasible under the government's budget. In a post in Hindi on X, Mr. Gandhi claimed that …

Demand of legal guarantee for MSP on 23 commodities 'impossible': Farm expert
10 months, 1 week ago

Demand of legal guarantee for MSP on 23 commodities 'impossible': Farm expert

India Today  

Renowned agricultural economist Professor Ashok Gulati expressed his concerns over the potential fiscal disaster that could arise from legally guaranteeing a Minimum Support Price for farmers in India. He emphasised the basic economic principle of demand and supply, suggesting that legal MSPs would disrupt this balance, leading to surplus commodities that traders would avoid purchasing for fear of legal repercussions. …

Lost in the MSP debate
10 months, 1 week ago

Lost in the MSP debate

Hindustan Times  

A bunch of farm unions have resumed their protests demanding that the Centre introduce a law to offer guaranteed minimum support prices. While representatives of the Centre, including the agriculture minister, are trying to resolve the situation through dialogue, it is extremely unlikely, if not impossible, that any law offering guaranteed MSPs for all crops can even be considered since …

‘MSP guarantee can nudge farmers to diversify beyond paddy and wheat, bolster incomes and consumption’
10 months, 1 week ago

‘MSP guarantee can nudge farmers to diversify beyond paddy and wheat, bolster incomes and consumption’

The Hindu  

February 14, 2024 07:29 pm | Updated 09:43 pm IST - NEW DELHI Guaranteeing a Minimum Support Price across crops will support farm incomes and push consumption demand¸ CRISIL Market Intelligence & Analytics said on Tuesday, estimating that the “real cost” of such a guarantee for the government would be around ₹21,000 crore in the agriculture Marketing Year 2023. While …

Congress promises legal guarantee for MSP, supports protesting farmers
10 months, 1 week ago

Congress promises legal guarantee for MSP, supports protesting farmers

The Hindu  

Expressing solidarity with the protesting farmers in Delhi, the Congress on February 13 promised that it would provide a legal guarantee for minimum support price to farmers if its INDIA bloc alliance came to power. At a rally in Chhattisgarh’s Ambikapur, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and his predecessor Rahul Gandhi announced their plan to provide MSP in accordance with the …

Thousands of Indian farmers are marching to New Delhi to renew their demands over crop prices
10 months, 1 week ago

Thousands of Indian farmers are marching to New Delhi to renew their demands over crop prices

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Indian authorities Tuesday deployed heavy …

Lok Sabha elections: Congress vows to bring law guaranteeing MSP for crops if I.N.D.I.A bloc voted to power
10 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha elections: Congress vows to bring law guaranteeing MSP for crops if I.N.D.I.A bloc voted to power

India TV News  

In a significant development, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, along with senior leader Rahul Gandhi made a notable announcement on Tuesday. They declared that the I.N.D.I.A bloc would bring a legislation ensuring Minimum Support Price for various crops, if the Opposition alliance is voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The Minimum Support Price is a form of market …

Modi government hikes MSP for rabi crops for season 2024-25: Check latest prices
1 year, 2 months ago

Modi government hikes MSP for rabi crops for season 2024-25: Check latest prices

India TV News  

Ahead of upcoming Assembly elections, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to raise the Minimum Support Prices for all required Rabi crops for the 2024-25 marketing season. The highest increase in MSP has been approved for lentil at Rs 425 per quintal followed by rapeseed and mustard at Rs 200 per quintal. Check the latest MSP of rabi crops Currently, …

Govt hikes wheat MSP by ₹150 per quintal to ₹2,275/quintal for 2024-25: I&B minister
1 year, 2 months ago

Govt hikes wheat MSP by ₹150 per quintal to ₹2,275/quintal for 2024-25: I&B minister

The Hindu  

October 18, 2023 05:03 pm | Updated 05:39 pm IST - New Delhi Ahead of assembly polls in key wheat growing states, the government on Wednesday announced an increase in the minimum support price of wheat by ₹150 to ₹2,275 per quintal for the 2024-25 marketing season. Currently, the MSP on wheat stands at ₹2,125 per quintal for the 2023-24 …

Explained | Will a hike in MSP help farmers?
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | Will a hike in MSP help farmers?

The Hindu  

June 12, 2023 10:47 pm | Updated 10:48 pm IST The story so far: Last week, the Centre announced the Minimum Support Price for this year’s summer season crops, hiking prices between 5-10% from last season, “to ensure remunerative prices to growers for their produce and to encourage crop diversification.” A section of farmer representatives have expressed unhappiness over what …

Farmers looking forward to law on MSP guarantee in Union Budget
1 year, 10 months ago

Farmers looking forward to law on MSP guarantee in Union Budget

The Hindu  

MYSURU The farmers of Karnataka are looking forward to an announcement of a law on Minimum Support Price guarantee in the Union Budget scheduled to be presented in Parliament on Wednesday. President of Karnataka State Sugarcane Farmers’ Association Kurubur Shanthakumar said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured the farmers of a legislation on guaranteed MSP during the farmers’ protest rally …

Farmers' organisation float new front for MSP law, months after Centre repealed reforms
2 years, 9 months ago

Farmers' organisation float new front for MSP law, months after Centre repealed reforms

Firstpost  

Raju Shetti, a two-term Lok Sabha member from Maharashtra and leader of the Swabhimani Paksha, said a decision to launch the MSP Guarantee Kisan Morcha was taken at a meeting of various farmers’ organizations New Delhi: After the agitation to repeal farm laws, a group of farmers on Tuesday floated a new front to press for their demand for a …

An MSP scheme to transform Indian agriculture
2 years, 10 months ago

An MSP scheme to transform Indian agriculture

The Hindu  

The ongoing struggle of farmers is not for political power. MSP could serve, in principle, three purposes — price stabilisation in the food grains market, income support to farmers, and also as a mechanism for coping with the indebtedness of farmers. The price stabilisation policy for food grains in India evolved over time, first with the Essential Commodities Act in …

KCR writes to Modi, asks to rein in fertiliser prices
2 years, 11 months ago

KCR writes to Modi, asks to rein in fertiliser prices

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Wednesday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on behalf of crores of farmers in the country to ensure that the cost of fertilisers were maintained at the present level and additional cost, if any, should be absorbed by the Centre so that farmers were not burdened. In a letter addressed to the Prime …

What is Minimum Support Price, or MSP?
3 years ago

What is Minimum Support Price, or MSP?

Business Standard  

MSPs are the prices at which the government procures certain crops from farmers to insure them against any sharp fall in prices. Based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, the government declares MSP after considering the views of state governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned for agricultural crops such as cereal, pulses, oilseeds and commercial crops …

The WTO’s challenge to MSP is another frontier to cross
3 years ago

The WTO’s challenge to MSP is another frontier to cross

The Hindu  

The demand of farmers to provide a legal guarantee for the minimum support price for their produce has triggered a nationwide debate. However, price support provided in the form of procurement of crops at MSP is classified as a trade-distorting subsidy and falls under the ‘amber box’ measures, which are subject to certain limits. Procuring all the 23 crops at …

MSP is no silver bullet to boost farmers' income
3 years ago

MSP is no silver bullet to boost farmers' income

Live Mint  

Even as the central government has announced its withdrawal of the three farm laws, farmer unions have persisted in their demand to make the minimum support price a legal entitlement. The National Commission on Farmers, headed by eminent agricultural scientist Dr MS Swaminathan, had in 2006 recommended the MSP should be at least 50% more than the weighted average cost …

Guaranteed MSP is State-enabled Loot That Will Not Help Real Farmers - News18
3 years ago

Guaranteed MSP is State-enabled Loot That Will Not Help Real Farmers - News18

News 18  

The agrarian idea of India’s economy needs revaluation as we have historically been an industrial nation that had the technology to build monuments, medical instruments. “As a result, by 2004-05, the rural economy had shifted away from agriculture and toward non-agricultural activities.” Minimum Support Price The minimum support price is a “minimum price” set by the government for any commodity …

Not Guaranteed MSP, an Agriculture Export Policy Can Increase Farmers’ Income
3 years ago

Not Guaranteed MSP, an Agriculture Export Policy Can Increase Farmers’ Income

News 18  

The longest agitation of farmers is not just to repeal the three farm laws but also against the frustration built over the decades due to poor financial gains in the agriculture sector. A legally mandated MSP regime is likely to be neither feasible nor sustainable in the long term whereas the missed big opportunity is an export-led agricultural revolution to …

Centre must introduce law to guarantee MSP for farmers: Rakesh Tikait
3 years ago

Centre must introduce law to guarantee MSP for farmers: Rakesh Tikait

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party led Central Government must bring a legislation to guarantee a Minimum Support Price for crops to protect the interests of farmers in the country, said Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Sunday. Stating that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had advocated the MSP while he was Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr. Tikait said that Mr. Modi …

Explained | What will a legal guarantee of MSP involve?
3 years ago

Explained | What will a legal guarantee of MSP involve?

The Hindu  

The story so far: After a year-long agitation on the borders of Delhi, protesting farm unions under the banner of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha have achieved their headline demand, namely the repeal of three contentious laws seeking to reform the storage and marketing of agricultural produce. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the SKM said MSP based on …

Accept Farmers Demand on MSP, Movement Won't End Without It: Varun Gandhi to PM
3 years, 1 month ago

Accept Farmers Demand on MSP, Movement Won't End Without It: Varun Gandhi to PM

News 18  

BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to accept the farmers’ demand for statutory MSP guarantee for their crops, saying their movement wouldn’t end without it. In a letter to the prime minister, the MP from Pilibhit in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh also asked him to take action against Union minister Ajay Kumar Mishra ‘Teni’ for the …

What’s Next after Repeal of Three Farm Laws? Bring Guaranteed MSP Act to Boost Farm Income
3 years, 1 month ago

What’s Next after Repeal of Three Farm Laws? Bring Guaranteed MSP Act to Boost Farm Income

News 18  

It is a confrontation that has no meritorious justification because there is none for putting the cart before the horse! For over a year, farmers have been protesting against the Centre’s three controversial farm legislations, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced will now be repealed. Now, the time has come to repeal and replace these three farm laws with the …

Govt can resolve farmers' agitation by MSP guarantee law: Satya Pal Malik
3 years, 2 months ago

Govt can resolve farmers' agitation by MSP guarantee law: Satya Pal Malik

India TV News  

Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik has said that the Centre can resolve the issue of farmers protest. Malik said that if the government provides a Minimum Support Price guarantee by enacting a law, the matter of farmers will settle. Pointing out that the agitating farmer will not compromise on less than the MSP guarantee law, Malik said that it is …

Central govt's MSP: A hoax on farmers
3 years, 2 months ago

Central govt's MSP: A hoax on farmers

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on September 8 that approved an increase in the minimum support price for 23 crops for the 2022-23 rabi marketing season. Similarly, the MSP of chana has been reduced from Rs.5,100 to Rs.4,934 in real terms.” The release added: “On the one hand, the farmers are facing the brunt …

Rate of MSP, procurement of crops increasing continuously after implementation of new farm laws: Tomar
3 years, 3 months ago

Rate of MSP, procurement of crops increasing continuously after implementation of new farm laws: Tomar

India TV News  

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday hit back at those propagating "misinformation" about MSP with the emergence of the new farm laws. Tomar said that the rate of MSP and procurement of crops was increasing continuously after the implementation of the new farm laws. On the contrary, the rate of MSP and procurement of crops on MSP are …

Govt Hikes Wheat MSP by Rs 40 to Rs 2,015 Per Quintal for 2021-22 Crop Year
3 years, 3 months ago

Govt Hikes Wheat MSP by Rs 40 to Rs 2,015 Per Quintal for 2021-22 Crop Year

News 18  

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday hiked the minimum support price for wheat by Rs 40 to Rs 2,015 per quintal and for mustard seed by Rs 400 to Rs 5,050 per quintal for the current crop year. According to an official release, the CCEA has approved increase in the MSP for six rabi crops for the 2021-22 crop year …

Cabinet clears hike in kharif crop MSPs
3 years, 6 months ago

Cabinet clears hike in kharif crop MSPs

Hindustan Times  

The Union Cabinet has raised minimum support prices of summer-sown crops, increasing them by 1.8% and 6.7%, in keeping with a policy to offer farmers at least 50% returns over the cost of cultivation, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Wednesday. MSPs are federally fixed floor prices for crops for government purchases aimed at avoiding distress sale by farmers …

Amid Months-long Farmers Stir, Govt Buys Record 418.47 Lakh Tonnes of Wheat at MSP for Rs 82,648 Cr
3 years, 6 months ago

Amid Months-long Farmers Stir, Govt Buys Record 418.47 Lakh Tonnes of Wheat at MSP for Rs 82,648 Cr

News 18  

The Centre on Wednesday said it has procured a record 418.47 lakh tonnes of wheat so far in the current marketing year that started in April, costing exchequer Rs 82,648 crore. Till June 8, the government has purchased 418.47 lakh tonnes of wheat as against 373.22 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period of the previous year. "About 46 lakh farmers …

In a First, Lakhs of Farmers in Punjab Receive Direct Payment for Their Wheat Produce
3 years, 8 months ago

In a First, Lakhs of Farmers in Punjab Receive Direct Payment for Their Wheat Produce

News 18  

Despite initial reluctance of the Punjab government to accept Direct Benefit Transfer mode for payment of the Minimum Support Price, the process seems to be yielding rich dividends for lakhs of farmers in the State. In the first few days of online transfer of the MSP for the wheat procured by the Food Corporation of India, the Centre has been …

‘Negative support’ to Indian farmers: myth or reality?
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Negative support’ to Indian farmers: myth or reality?

The Hindu  

In the heat of the ongoing protests against the new farm laws, some views have emerged that the state has saddled the Indian farmer with excessive taxes. On the other hand, for products such as bovine meat, rice and milk, the market price support was negative because domestic prices were lower than the international prices for the respective agricultural product. …

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