Lok Sabha Question No. 388 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-04
Subject: Implementation of MSP and PM Fasal Bima Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Yogender Chandolia

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 388

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 th  February, 2025

## IMPLEMENTATION OF MSP AND PM FASAL BIMA YOJANA

## 388. SHRI YOGENDER CHANDOLIA :

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is aware that farmers in Delhi are not receiving the benefits of the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and are forced to sell their crops outside of Delhi and if so, the reasons for this; (b) the number of farmers in Delhi who have been affected by the non-implementation of the MSP and the total quantity of crops that have been sold outside of Delhi; (c)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  farmers  in  Delhi  are  also  not  receiving  the benefits of the PM Fasal Bima Yojana and if so, the reasons therefor; and (d) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure that farmers in Delhi receive the the

- benefits of the MSP  and  the  PM  Fasal  Bima  Yojana,  and  the  timeline  for implementation of these schemes?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी ( SHRI RAM NATH THAKUR) (a) to (d): Every  year,  Government  fixes  Minimum  Support  Prices  (MSPs)  for  22 mandated  agricultural  crops  for  the  country  as  a  whole  including  Delhi,  based  on  the recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned. Government's  price  policy  is  to  ensure  remunerative  prices  to  farmers  by  offering  to procure  their  produce  at  MSP.  However,  farmers  are  free  to  sell  their  produce  to  the Government  procurement  agencies  at  MSP  or  in the open  market, whichever  is advantageous to them.

Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS)  which  is  a  components  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan  (PM-AASHA) for procurement of notified oil seeds, pulses  and  copra  directly  from  pre-registered  farmers  conforming  to  the  prescribed  Fair Average  Quality  (FAQ)  norms  by  Central  Nodal    Agencies    through  the  State  level agencies at Minimum Support Price (MSP) announced by the Government as and when prices fall below the MSP during the harvesting period. This scheme is implemented at the request of the concerned State Government / Union Territories which agrees to exempt the  procured  commodities  from  levy  of  mandi  tax  and  assist  Central  Nodal  Agencies  in logistic arrangements including gunny bags, working capital for state agencies, creation of revolving fund for PSS operations, etc as required under the scheme guidelines. However no proposal has been received from Government of Delhi under PSS. The Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and Restructured Weather Based Crop  Insurance  Scheme  (RWBCIS)  a  flagship  scheme  of  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and Farmers Welfare, launched in 2016  with the objective  to  protect farmers from  crop  loss due  to  unforeseen  natural  calamities  from  pre-sowing  to  post  harvest  and  to  provide adequate financial support to farmers in the  event of loss of crops. The Pradhan Matnri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) and  Restructured Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme (RWBCIS) is voluntary for the States as well as for farmers. The State  of Delhi has not

implemented the Scheme so far.

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