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Best of both sides | Ashok Gulati writes: Why MSP should not be legalised

January 10, 2025 1:45 pm

India is the only country that implicitly taxes its agriculture by suppressing market prices. What Indian farmers need is freer markets

Yogendra Yadav writes: Farmers' demand for a legal guarantee for MSP is the bare minimum

January 07, 2025 1:05 pm

The government officially declares MSP for 23 crops every year. The TV-watching public believes that the government has done a great favour to the farmers. In reality, the government does precious little to ensure that farmers get this “minimum” price.

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Express View on rise in MSP: Not a smart hike

October 18, 2024 11:19 pm

Increase in MSP not only renders Indian wheat globally uncompetitive, but also fuels domestic inflationary pressures

Import policy must be well-integrated with minimum support policy

May 27, 2024 10:27 am

First, instead of a sudden drop to zero import duty, it could have been more calibrated. Second, it must ensure that landed price is not below MSP of major pulses. Third, if domestic prices go below MSP, NAFED should undertake large scale procurement at MSP to build buffer stocks.

Govt sets conservative target for wheat procurement at 30-32 million tonnes

February 29, 2024 1:04 pm

The lower target has been fixed despite the Ministry of Agriculture hoping for a record wheat production of 114-115 million tonnes in the 2023-24 crop year (July-June).

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge with party leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sachin Pilot, K.C. Venugopal, Bhupesh Baghel, T.S. Singh Deo and others at a public meeting during the 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', in Ambikapur, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.

As Congress backs farmers' MSP demand, what has the govt committee set up in 2022 done so far?

February 14, 2024 7:18 am

The 26-member panel headed by Sanjay Agrawal was set up after the Prime Minister announced the withdrawal of the laws that had triggered the farmers' protest of 2020-21. When is the committee supposed to submit its report?

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The 360° UPSC Debate | Should Minimum Support Prices Be Made A Legal Right?

September 20, 2023 9:50 pm

It has been alleged by many economists and agricultural experts that the government's procurement of agricultural produce at minimum support prices (MSPs) is not comprehensive. The procurement process at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) is subject to variations based on the specific crop and geographical location. Is it advisable to legalise the Minimum Support Price (MSP)?

Reasons varied, states agreed MSP fixed by Centre not enough

August 31, 2023 12:13 pm

At least nine states had written to the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare in April and May, before the Cabinet meeting in June, requesting it to reconsider the proposal and hike the MSP, show documents accessed by The Indian Express under the RTI Act.

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After consecutive rises for two seasons, a downward turn for cotton MSP

August 29, 2023 5:41 pm

Despite the potential to cultivate around 8 lakh hectares of cotton in Punjab, cotton belt districts, apart from Fazilka, focused on paddy cultivation.