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MSP Revision a Betrayal of Our Movement, Covers Only Inflation Impact, Say Farmer Leaders -Ravi Kaushal

-Newsclick.in

If rise in input costs is compared with new MSP, then in real terms, MSP has been reduced for 11 out 14 Kharif crops, the leaders said.

New Delhi: Terming it a “cruel joke” on farmers, farmer organisations on Thursday said that the increase in minimum support price (MSP) of 14 crops for Kharif season 2022-23 announced by the Centre merely covers the impact of inflated prices of inputs including seeds, fertilisers, pesticides and diesel.

The organisations said that a comparison of increase in MSP with inflation numbers announced by the Reserve Bank of India makes it amply clear that there is no incentive to farmers even after they protested at the borders of the national capital for more than a year, seeking a dignified life.

Ashok Dhawale, president, All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), said that MSP for Kharif 2022-23 for rice, maize, tur, urad and groundnut has been increased by just 7%, and for bajra by just 8%. In most crops, the increases barely cover the general inflation in the economy.

Talking to NewsClick, Dhawale said: “It is important to note that these paltry increases in MSP have been made when the cost of production has increased sharply for farmers because of high prices of fuel and other inputs, and massive shortages and price rise in supply of fertilisers. Even in the last season, black marketing of fertilisers was rampant because of shortages of supply. The situation has turned worse in the recent months because of sanctions by the US and the EU against Belarus and Russia.”

The AIKS leader pointed out that the MSP hike also overlooks developments leading to the meteoric rise in prices of wheat, oilseeds and pulses, adding that farmers should have been incentivised for local production to avoid huge import bills.

“It is also noteworthy that this has been done in a period when global prices of food commodities have been very high. This means, for commodities, like edible oils and pulses, for which India is import dependent, a much higher price is paid through imports to farmers of developed countries who grow oilseeds and pulses than is proposed to be paid to our own farmers. Rather than offering remunerative prices to our own farmers so that India's import dependence could be reduced, the government is discriminating against them,” he added.

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