-TheWire.in Despite knowing the problem, both the state and central governments have failed to address the crisis that UP’s potato farmers are facing. Devi Singh (46) grows potatoes in the rabi season in Saras, a village of 1,200 people in Mathura, part of Uttar Pradesh’s potato belt. In 2017, he suffered massive losses as the price of potatoes in the wholesale market fell well below the Cost of production. Last Thursday, he...
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Budget 2018 and Agriculture: MSP promise fails to cut ice with farmers -Parthasarathi Biswas
-The Indian Express For farmers like Bhawane, it’s not the promised MSPs, but the prices for the chana and tur/arhar (pigeon-pea) they would be selling in the next fortnight or so that’s the real concern. Latur: Dhananjay Bhawane has little hope of the standing chana (chickpea) crop on eight out of his 10-acre field fetching anywhere near the government’s minimum support price (MSP) of Rs 4,400 per quintal, when it is...
More »Why MSP at 1.5 Times Cost Is Another Empty Promise for Farmers -Kabir Agarwal
-TheWire.in Arun Jaitley’s Budget speech was vague on the details, and closer inspection reveals that it was also misleading. Arun Jaitley, presenting his fourth Budget as finance minister, announced that he is fulfilling a promise made by his party in the election manifesto for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections – the promise of a minimum support price (MSP) that is 50% higher than farmers’ Cost of production. “Government has decided to keep...
More »Will Use Formula That Farmers Want: Niti Aayog Boss On Budget Pledge -Mala Das
-NDTV Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced a 1.5-time hike in MSP or minimum support price for certain crops in his budget. But how that would pan out had farmers' groups worried. One of the biggest announcements in this year's budget was the promise to fix minimum support prices, the price at which the government buys crops from farmers, at 50 per cent over their Cost of production. But the decision has...
More »Will linking MSP with cost really have any benefits? No, say farmers & experts -Chitleen K Sethi
-ThePrint.in Farmers’ bodies and experts say the key to any benefit to farmers lies in how the production cost or the cost of cultivation is calculated. Chandigarh: One of the most significant takeaways from the Union Budget presented by finance minister Arun Jaitley Thursday was the proposed increase the minimum support price (MSP) for all unannounced kharif crops to at least one-and-a-half times the production cost. The announcement is expected to directly impact...
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