Lok Sabha Question No. 23 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Legal Guarantee for MSP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Deepak Baij, Kunwar Danish Ali

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 23

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  JULY, 2022

## LEGAL GUARANTEE FOR MSP

* 23. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ : SHRI KUNWAR DANISH ALI :

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state;

- (a) Whether  the  Government  had  assured  the  Samyukta  Kisan  Morcha  (SKM)  for  the constitution  of  a  committee  to  provide  legal  guarantee  of  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  to farmers during December, 2021 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) The details of timeline assured to SKM for formation of the above committee along with the efforts made to form the committee to provide legal guarantee of MSP to farmers, datewise;
- (c) Whether  the  Government  will  include  members  from  every  State  Government  in  the committee and if so, the details thereof ;
- (d) Whether  the  Government  proposes  to  enact  any  law  for  MSP  for  the  upliftment  of farmers;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) Whether  the  government  plans  to  expand  the  MSP  regime  from  22  mandated agricultural crops to other crops, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (f) :

A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  23  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  19.07.2022  REGARDING 'LEGAL GUARANTEE FOR MSP'.

(a) to (f) : No, Sir.  The Government had assured the formation of a Committee to make MSP more effective and transparent, to promote natural farming and to change crop  pattern  keeping  in  mind  the  changing  needs  of  the  country.    Accordingly,  a Committee  has  been  constituted  consisting  of  representatives  of  farmers,  Central Government, State Governments, Agricultural economists & Scientists,  etc.

Government fixes Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for 22 mandated agricultural crops  and  Fair  &  Remunerative  Price  (FRP)  for  sugarcane  on  the  basis  of  the recommendations of  the  Commission  for  Agricultural  Costs  and  Prices  (CACP),  after considering  the  views  of  the  State  Governments  and  Central  Ministries/Departments concerned and other relevant factors. The 22 mandated crops include 14 Kharif crops viz.  paddy,  jowar,  bajra,  maize,  ragi,  tur  (arhar),  moong  urad,  groundnut,  soyabean, sunflower,  sesamum,  nigerseed,  cotton  and  6  Rabi  crops  viz.  wheat,  barley,  gram, masur (lentil),  rapeseed  &  mustard,  safflower  and  two  commercial  crops  viz  jute  and copra. In addition, MSP for toria and de-husked coconut are also fixed on the basis of MSPs of rapeseed/mustard and copra respectively. Government  has  increased  MSPs  for  all  mandated  Kharif,  Rabi  and  other Commercial crops with a minimum return of 50 percent over all India weighted average cost of production from year 2018-19 onwards.

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