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How Feasible Is MSP as a Legal Right? Farmers Discuss at Kisan Sansad -Indra Shekhar Singh

-TheWire.in

Protesting farmers believe that the MSP will as a legal right will solve a lot of farmers' issues, including debt.

While Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy touting the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana, the Kisan Sansad (parallel parliament organised by farmers at Jantar Mantar) delved into a serious question – can the minimum support price (MSP) become a legal right?

There were 200 new farmers’ representatives and six hours to answer this question. But they had a little help too. The Sansad had invited two economists and agricultural policy experts – Devinder Sharma and Dr Ranjit Singh Ghuman – to talk about the issue.

“Globally, farmers are in a crisis and the reason is crashing prices and market manipulation by corporate giants. Hence the demand for MSP as legal right and assured incomes births a new way not just for farmers of India, but also the world,” Sharma said.

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