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Farmer protest: Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday (December 6) that the Narendra Modi government will purchase all agricultural produce at the Minimum Support Price (MSP). Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan gave this assurance while replying to a supplementary question on the MSP issue of farmers during the Question Hour in Rajya Sabha.
All produce will be purchased at MSP price: Agriculture Minister
The minister gave this assurance on a day when farmers are marching to Delhi with their demands. Shivraj Singh Chauhan said in the House that I want to assure the farmers through the House that all the produce of the farmers will be purchased at MSP price. This is Modi government and Modi’s guarantee is a guarantee to fulfill the guarantee.
attack on opposition
Taking a dig at the opposition, the Union Minister said that when our friends were in power, they had said on record that we cannot accept the recommendations of the MS Swaminathan Commission. Especially regarding giving 50 percent more than the price of agricultural produce. I have a record. In support of his claim, Chauhan cited former Minister of State for Agriculture Kantilal Bhuria, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and K. Cited. V Thomas told.
After Shivraj Chauhan’s remarks, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asked him to present documents on the table of the House to confirm his claim. Chouhan agreed and claimed that the previous UPA government never respected farmers and never seriously considered farmers’ demands for remunerative prices.
Getting 50 percent benefit: Agriculture Minister
The Agriculture Minister further said that I want to assure the House through you that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to calculate the minimum support price by giving 50 percent profit on the production cost to the farmers from 2019. Paddy, wheat, jowar, soybean are being purchased at a price 50 percent higher than the cost of production three years ago. Apart from this, Shivraj Singh Chouhan also mentioned export duty and price intervention, which fluctuate when the prices of goods fall.
