MSP

Haryana CM Nayab Saini said his government has decided to procure all crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP).

Addressing a press conference, the leaders of the Farmers Union said, “We will burn the copies of new criminal laws." 

Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on 11th July announced that it will resume its agitation over its pending demands

Praveen Chakravarty failed to name specific crops that the Congress party plans to procure at MSP if it is elected to power.

The food grains were procured through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and 15 other State governments.

While extending support to the demand of the protesting farmers to legalise MSP, Rahul Gandhi argued that the MSP for farmers is like the MRP for shopkeepers.

Farmers during protest demand India's exit from WTO, ignoring the fact that GoI's pro-farmer stance at international stage.

‘Under WTO policy, they are working to end MSP’, Farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal justifies demand to withdraw India from WTO

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The ’award-winning’ journalist, however, conveniently ignored the difference between the MSP and MRP. Firstly, it is important to understand what MSP is and how it is computed. The Minimum Support Price is the guaranteed price at which central and state governments, as well as their agencies, purchase food grains from farmers.