Modi authorities to buy all farm produce at MSP, assures agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Rajya Sabha | India Information – Instances of India
NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi authorities is dedicated to buying all farm produce on the minimal help value (MSP), Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan assured the Rajya Sabha on Friday. His remarks got here throughout Query Hour amidst discussions on MSP and a farmers’ march to Delhi demanding authorized backing for MSP.
“I wish to guarantee the Home by you that every one produce of farmers will probably be bought on the minimal help value. That is the Modi authorities, and the assure to meet Modi’s assure,” Chouhan declared.
Chouhan defends authorities’s document on MSP
Citing the Modi authorities’s insurance policies, Chouhan acknowledged that since 2019, MSP has been calculated to incorporate a 50% revenue over the price of manufacturing, benefiting farmers. He contrasted this with the Congress-led governments, alleging they ignored farmers’ calls for.
“They [the Congress] have by no means honored the farmers and by no means gave critical consideration to remunerative costs. However we, alternatively, have been giving 50% greater than the price of manufacturing for crops like paddy, wheat, jowar, and soybean for the previous three years,” Chouhan stated.
Chouhan additionally talked about the federal government’s interventions in export duties and pricing when commodity charges fell, underscoring the administration’s dedication to farmers.
Opposition questions and assurances
Responding to Congress MP Jairam Ramesh’s question on MSP, Chouhan reiterated, “We are going to repair MSP at greater than 50% revenue and buy the farmers’ produce.” He accused earlier Congress governments of neglecting farmers, including, “When Congress was in energy, farmers shed tears of blood. For me, ‘kisan ki seva’ is like ‘bhagwan ki pooja’.”
Ramesh referred to Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar’s remarks encouraging the minister to interact with farmers. Dhankhar, in flip, expressed confidence in Chouhan’s dedication, saying, “The minister, often called ‘ladli,’ will grow to be ‘kisan ka ladla’ too.”
Concentrate on revenue development, not mortgage waivers
When requested by RJD MP Manoj Kumar Jha a couple of farm mortgage waiver framework, Chouhan emphasised the federal government’s give attention to elevating farmers’ incomes as a substitute.
“Modi ji’s authorities works with farsightedness. We are going to improve manufacturing, cut back prices, present remunerative costs, supply compensation for losses, and promote pure farming to make sure farmers’ incomes develop a lot that they now not want mortgage waivers,” he stated.
Chouhan ended by reiterating the federal government’s resolve to handle farmers’ points comprehensively, making certain sustainable development in agriculture.
