Lok Sabha Question No. 4457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-28
Subject: Legislation for MSP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Sanjeev Kumar Singari, Aparajita Sarangi, Chandra Sekhar Bellana, Nama Nageswara Rao

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4457

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2023

## LEGISLATION FOR MSP

4457.    DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI: SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA: SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

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

- (a) whether the Government is bringing about the legislation to provide Minimum Support Price (MSP) for  all  agricultural  crops  as  per  the  assurance  given  to  the  farmers  to  stop  their  16  months  long agitation in December, 2021 and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
- (b)  whether  all  the  police  cases  registered  against  the  farmers  in  connection  with  the  above  said agitation were withdrawn and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government on strengthening the legal framework surrounding MSP and to ensure income security of farmers;
- (d) the details and the number of farmers benefited from MSP provided by the Government, Statewise;
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to enroll more number of farmers for MSP; and
- (f) whether the Government is planning to increase more number of produce under MSP and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b) :  Government fixes Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for 22 mandated agricultural crops on the basis  of  the  recommendations  of  the  Commission  for  Agricultural  Costs  and  Prices  (CACP),  after considering the views of concerned State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments.

State  Governments  take  care  of  law  and  order  in  the  respective  States  and  take  decisions  for registering/withdrawal of criminal cases and record is also maintained by them only.

(c)  to  (e):To  realize  the  objectives  of  MSP  Policy,  Government  extends  price  support  for  paddy  and wheat through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and State Agencies. Under this policy, whatever food grains are offered by farmers within the stipulated period & conforming to the specifications prescribed by  Government are purchased at MSP by the State Government agencies including FCI for Central Pool.  Additionally,  Oilseeds,  pulses  and  copra  of  Fair  Average  Quality  (FAQ)  are  procured  from registered  farmers  under  Price  Support  Scheme  under  Umbrella  Scheme  of  PM-AASHA,  as  per  its guidelines at MSP in consultation with the concerned State Government as and when market price of these produce fall below the MSP.

Further,  Government  in  its  Union  Budget  for  2018-19  had  announced  the  pre-determined Principle  to  keep  MSP  at  levels  of  one  and  half  times  of  the  cost  of  production.  Accordingly, Government has increased the MSP for all mandated Kharif, Rabi and other commercial crops with a margin of atleast 50 per cent over all India weighted average cost of production from the agricultural year 2018-19 onwards.

Besides Government has adopted and implemented several policies, developmental programmes,  schemes  and  reforms  for  achieving  higher  incomes  for  the  farmers.  There  have  been several reforms for income enhancement, which are as follow:

- (i) Supplementary income transfers under PM-KISAN,
- (ii) Crop insurance under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY),
- (iii) Better access to irrigation under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY),
- (iv) Creation of infrastructure through Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF) with a size of Rs. 100,000 crore,
- (v) Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) offering production loans to farmers
- (vi) Formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs,

(vii) National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), which aims to evolve and implement strategies to make Indian agriculture more resilient to the changing climate.

(viii) Adoption of drone technologies in agriculture which has a potential to revolutionize the Indian agriculture.

- (ix) Benefits accruing under Bee-Keeping, Rashtriya Gokul Mission, Blue Revolution,

Interest  Subvention  Scheme,  agro-forestry,  restructured  bamboo  mission,  implementation  of  new generation watershed guidelines, etc

The details of number of farmers benefited from the procurement of  Wheat, Paddy, Pulses and Oilseeds at MSP  are given at Annex .

(f):  The  inclusion  of  crops  under  MSP  framework  is  dependent  on  several  factors  which  include relatively large shelf life, widely grown, item of mass consumption, essential for food security, among others.

## Annex referred to in reply to part (c) to (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4457 due for reply on 28.03.2023

## Farmers benefited from MSP

| States/UTs      | No. of farmers benefitted (2022-23*)   | No. of farmers benefitted (2022-23*)   | No. of farmers benefitted (2022-23*)   |
|-----------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| States/UTs      | Paddy                                  | Wheat                                  | Oilseeds, Pulses and Copra             |
| ANDHRA PRADESH  | 568210                                 | 0                                      | 19180                                  |
| ASSAM           | 34977                                  | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| BIHAR           | 421987                                 | 641                                    | 0                                      |
| CHANDIGARH      | 1404                                   | 401                                    | 0                                      |
| CHHATTISGARH    | 2047842                                | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| DELHI           | 0                                      | 1                                      | 0                                      |
| GUJARAT         | 28357                                  | 3                                      | 9036                                   |
| HARYANA         | 282725                                 | 313847                                 | 525                                    |
| HIMACHALPR.     | 3407                                   | 1033                                   | 0                                      |
| J&K             | 6549                                   | 62                                     | 0                                      |
| JHARKHAND       | 25929                                  | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| KARNATAKA       | 5732                                   | 0                                      | 35342                                  |
| KERALA          | 81700                                  | 0                                      | 631                                    |
| MADHYAPR.       | 645384                                 | 591185                                 | 5                                      |
| MAHARASHTRA     | 428165                                 | 0                                      | 14705                                  |
| ODISHA          | 1411253                                | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| PUDUCHERRY      | 18                                     | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| PUNJAB          | 903942                                 | 793449                                 | 0                                      |
| RAJASTHAN       | 0                                      | 941                                    | 50013                                  |
| TAMILNADU       | 345904                                 | 0                                      | 18782                                  |
| TELANGANA       | 989090                                 | 0                                      | 30905                                  |
| TRIPURA         | 18922                                  | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| UTTRAKHAND      | 57009                                  | 549                                    | 0                                      |
| UTTAR PRADESH   | 940231                                 | 81080                                  | 2945                                   |
| WEST BENGAL     | 849675                                 | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL | 10098412                               | 1783192                                | 182069                                 |

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