Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has made a major statement regarding the Minimum Support Price (MSP) amid farmers’ protests at the Delhi border. He said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday that the Narendra Modi government will purchase all agricultural produce at the minimum support price. In the Upper House, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Chouhan gave this assurance to farmers while replying to supplementary questions on the Minimum Support Price (MSP) issue during question period.
Each crop will be procured at minimum support price
Shivraj gave this assurance on a day when farmers are planning to march to Delhi with their demands. “I want to assure the House through you (Speaker) that all produce of the farmers will be procured at the minimum support price,” Chauhan told the House. This is the Modi government and it promises to fulfill Modi’s guarantee. “When our friends on the other hand were in power, they said on record that they could not accept the recommendations of the MS Swaminathan Commission, especially the issue of giving 50 per cent more than the cost of production,” he said. . I have the record.” Quoted by Thomas.
Chairman Dhankhar asked for evidence
Following Shivraj’s claim, Upper House Speaker Jagdeep Dhankhar asked him to table documents to substantiate his claim. Chauhan agreed to this. “They (the previous UPA government) never respected the farmers and never seriously considered the farmers’ demands for compensatory prices,” the minister claimed. I would like to assure the House through you that from 2019 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to calculate the minimum support price by giving 50 percent profit on production cost to the farmers.
Government is already giving fair price to farmers
Shivraj Singh also claimed that the Modi government is already giving fair prices to farmers. Chauhan said that paddy, wheat, sorghum, soybeans are being bought at prices 50 percent higher than the cost of production three years ago. He also mentioned the intervention in prices that fluctuate when export duty and commodity rates fall. (Input- PTI Language)
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