Lok Sabha Question No. 958 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-13
Subject: MSP Intervention
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: S. Jagathrakshakan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  958

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## MSP INTERVENTION

958.   SHRI S. JAGATHRAKSHAKAN:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether the Government agrees with the view that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) intervention  should  be  supplemented  with  the  rollout  of  Negotiable  Warehouse  Receipts (NWRs)  and  a  Deficiency  Price  Payment  System  (DPPS)  strengthening  of  marketing intelligence and development of Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) to reduce the fiscal burden of the expansion of moong area; and
- (b)  if so, the details of the steps taken/being taken by the Government keeping in mind that these mechanisms should be simultaneously developed over the next two to three years and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  &  (b):      Government  announces  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  of  22  mandated  crops including  moong  to  ensure  remunerative  prices  to  the  growers  for  their  produce  and encourage higher investment and production.

Government implements an umbrella scheme of Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) consisting of Price Support Scheme (PSS), Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS) and Pilot Private Procurement & Stockiest Scheme (PPSS). Under Price Support  Scheme  (PSS),  Pulses  (including  moong),oilseeds  and  Copra  of  Fair  Average Quality (FAQ) are procured from registered farmers, as per its prescribed guidelines at MSP in  consultation  with  the  concerned  State  Government,  as  and  when  market  price  of  these produce fall below the MSP.

Agriculture sector needs structured and functional markets, to drive growth, employment, remunerative prices and economic prosperity in rural areas of the country. To this  end,  Government  has  been  implementing  various  schemes    which  include  Integrated Scheme for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) comprising of, Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI)  to  develop  agricultural  marketing  infrastructure;  National  Agriculture  Market  (e-NAM) which seeks to network the existing physical APMCs through a virtual platform; Marketing Research  and  Information  Network  (MRIN),  under  which  e-Governance  portal  has  been developed  for  connecting  the  farmers  to  their  market;  Strengthening  of  Agmark  Grading Facilities  (SAGF);  Venture  Capital  Assistance  (VCA)  to  qualifying  projects,  which  promote linkage  with  farmers  for  procurement  of  their  produce;  and  provides  employment  in  rural areas;  Negotiable  Warehouse  Receipt  (NWR)  System  which  helps  farmers  to  store  their produce  in  storage  godown  and  to  seek  loan  from  banks  against  their  NWR;  Scheme  for formation and promotion of 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) with the objective of reducing cost of farm production and increasing farmers' income.

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