Lok Sabha Question No. 2215 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-14
Subject: Committee on MSP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Deepak (Dev) Adhikari, Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2215

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 th  MARCH, 2023

## COMMITTEE ON MSP

2215.      SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV): SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether  there  is  any  significant  outcome  from  Government  constituted  committee  on farmers welfare, including guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP);
- (b) The number of meetings which have been held till today;
- (c) Whether  any  meeting  has  taken  place  in  which  farmers,  demand  on  MSP  &  Fibre Reinforced Polymer was discussed;
- (d) If so, the outcome thereof; and
- (e) Whether the Government is avoiding to provide legal guarantee of MSP to famers of the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (e): The Government has constituted a Committee vide notification dated 18.07.2022 to promote Natural Farming, to change crop pattern keeping in mind the changing needs of the country and to make MSP more effective and transparent. The meetings of the Committee are being held on regular basis to deliberate on the subject matter assigned to it. Two main meetings along with eleven sub-groups meetings have been held till date.

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

(Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare)

## NOTIFICATION

## New Delhi, 12th July, 2022

S.O. 3211(E).-As per announcement of Hon'ble Prime Minister that 'A committee will be constituted to promote Zero budget based farming, to change crop pattern keeping in mind the changing needs of the country,  and  to  make  MSP  more  effective  and  transparent  &  that  the  committee  will  consist  of representatives of the Central Government and State Governments, Farmers, Agricultural Scientists and Agricultural Economists'; a committee is being constituted as follows-

1. Chairman

Shri Sanjay Agrawal (Former Agriculture Secretary)

2. Member NITI Aayog (Agriculture)

Shri Ramesh Chand

3. Agricultural Economist
2. (i) Dr. C.S.C. Shekhar (Indian Institute of Economic Development)
3. (ii) Dr. Sukhpal Singh (IIM, Ahmedabad)
4. National Award Winning Farmer

Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi

5. Representatives of Farmers
2. (i) Three members from Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (names to be added on receipt)
3. (ii) Members from other farmer organizations
- Mr. Gunwant Patil
- Shri Krishnaveer Choudhary
- Mr. Pramod Kumar Choudhary
- Shri Guni Prakash
- Mr. Sayyed Pasha Patel
6. Representative of Farmers' Cooperative/Group
10. (i) Shri Dilip Sanghani, Chairman, IFFCO
11. (ii) Shri Binod Anand, General Secretary, CNRI
7. Senior Member of the CACP

Mr. Naveen P. Singh

8. Senior Member of Agricultural Universities/Institutions
2. (i) Dr. P. Chandrashekhar, Director General, National Institute of Agricultural Extension (MANAGE)
3. (ii) Dr. J.P. Sharma, Vice Chancellor, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Jammu
4. (iii) Dr. Pradeep Kumar Bisen, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur
9. Representative of the Government of India
6. (i) Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
7. (ii) Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General (ICAR)
8. (iii) Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution
9. (iv) Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation
10. (v) Secretary, Ministry of Textiles
10. Representatives of State Governments
12. (i) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Commissioner Agriculture, Karnataka
13. (ii) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Commissioner Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh,
14. (iii) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Commissioner Agriculture, Sikkim
15. (iv) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Commissioner Agriculture, Odisha
16. 11.Member-Secretary

Joint Secretary (Crops)

Subject matter of constitution of the Committee

- A) M. S. P.
1. Suggestions to make available MSP to farmers of the country by making the system more effective and transparent.
2. Suggestions on practicality to give more autonomy to Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) and measures to make it more scientific.
3. To strengthen the Agricultural Marketing System as per the changing requirements of the country to ensure higher value to the farmers through remunerative prices of their produce by taking advantage of the domestic and export opportunities.
- B) Natural Farming
1. Suggestions for programmes and schemes for value chain development, protocol validation & research for future needs and support for area expansion under the Indian Natural Farming System by publicity and through involvement and contribution of farmer organizations.
2. To suggest strategies for making Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVKs) and other Research & Development institutions  as  knowledge  centres,  and  introduction  of  natural  farming  system  curriculum  and  skill development courses in the Universities & other educational Institutions.
3. To suggest farmer friendly alternative certification system and marketing system for natural farming processes and products.
4. To suggest methods and means for international coordination to strengthen the value chain development of natural farming.
5. Chain of laboratories for organic certification of products produced through natural farming.
- C. Crop Diversification
1. Mapping of existing cropping patterns of agro-ecological zones of producer and consumer states.
2. Strategy for diversification policy to change the cropping pattern according to the changing needs of the country.
3. Arrangement for agricultural diversification & system to ensure remunerative prices for the sale of new crops.

4. Review and suggestion on micro irrigation scheme.

[F. No. 12/7/22-S.S.] SHUBHA THAKUR, Jt. Secy

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