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Farm Act wants farmers to sell outside mandis, but most already do so -Vignesh Radhakrishnan, Sumant Sen and Naresh Singaravelu

-The Hindu

Majority of farmers unaware of MSP programme, say latest available survey data

One of the chief aims of The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 is to unshackle farmers from notified markets.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that small and marginal farmers “for the first time, have got an alternative to bargain for the price of their produce. The tradition earlier was to sell in mandis.”

However, latest available survey data show that most small farmers were already selling their produce to private traders. Also, a majority of them were unaware of the MSP programme.

Not a primary choice

Close to 44% of produce (for 13 items in chart, combined) were sold to private traders in the July-Dec. 2012 period, 32% were sold in mandis and 12% to government and procurement agencies.

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