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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Kerala Only State That Pays MSPs as per Swaminathan Commission Recommendations -Dr Somu

Kerala Only State That Pays MSPs as per Swaminathan Commission Recommendations -Dr Somu

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published Published on Dec 26, 2020   modified Modified on Dec 27, 2020

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PM Modi has said that despite there being no APMC market yards in Kerala, the state is opposing the farm laws. But what Kerala has is an alternative course of agricultural policies.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi while releasing Rs 18,000 crore on Friday as the next Rs 2000 installment to eligible farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) programme, accused the opposition parties of misleading the agitating farmers that they would not benefit from the recent farm laws.

He attacked the West Bengal government saying that by not accepting central funds under PM-KISAN, the state government is denying benefits offered by the central government to the farmers.

PM Modi even claimed that there are no APMC (Agriculture Produce Market Committee) market yards in Kerala but the state government is opposing the farm laws.

The Union government, by enacting the three farm laws, is opening the markets to private players by withdrawing itself from agriculture altogether. Agitating farmers in the country are feeling threatened fearing that with the entry of private corporations, they will be denied MSPs (Minimum Support Price) on their produce.

Price Support and MSPs in Kerala

Presently, Kerala is providing the highest MSP to paddy farmers in the country. The state government is offering Rs 2,630 per quintal as against Rs 1,886 announced by the Union government. However, with the bonus of Rs 780 per quintal provided by the Kerala government, the rice cultivators in the southern state earns a return of 44% over the average cost of production per quintal.

In the last two years, the policy interventions by the Kerala government have tried to offer an alternative course against the controversial agricultural policies in India, including the anti-farmer and pro-corporate laws enacted by the Union government.

The Cost of Cultivation/Production of Principal Crops estimated by the Union Agriculture Ministry shows that the cost of production of rice (that is the sum of all paid-out costs or Cost A2) was Rs.1,511 per quintal in Kerala for the triennium ending 2017-18 as against Rs. 1,133 per quintal across India. The cost of production in Kerala is the second highest among 18 States.

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Newsclick.in, 26 December, 2020, https://www.newsclick.in/Kerala-State-Pays-MSPs-Swaminathan-Commission-Recommendations?fbclid=IwAR3XgFTs1--6pEH3Y1eJ3PlMvE-rzAujhRRs5EKAqxGOGFB5ramrGCWEQHA


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