Lok Sabha Question No. 3046 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-08
Subject: Review of MSP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare, Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3046

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 th  AUGUST, 2023

## REVIEW OF MSP

3046.  SHRI RAJAN VICHARE SHRI T.R. BAALU

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:-

- (a) Whether  the  Government  has  formed/set  up  a  committee  to  review  issues  on  Minimum Support Price (MSP) and other farmers' issues such as promotion of Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) and organic farming; and
- (b) If so, the details and the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ षि एवं षकसान कल्याण मंत्री

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b):   The Government has constituted a Committee in July, 2022 vide notification no. 3053 dated  18-07-2022  (copy  enclosed)  which  consists  of  representatives  of  farmers,  Central Government, adequate representation of State Governments, eminent Agriculture Economists & Scientists etc. The Committee is to make suggestions so as to make Minimum Support Price (MSP) more effective and transparent; to promote natural farming; to change crop pattern keeping in mind the changing needs of the country. The meetings of the Committee are being held on regular basis to deliberate on the subject matters assigned to it.

## 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

- (i).  Dr. C.S.C. Shekhar (Indian Institute of Economic Development)
- (ii). Dr. Sukhpal Singh (IIM, Ahmedabad)

## 4. National Award Winning Farmer

Shri Bharat Bhushan Tyagi

## 5. Representatives of Farmers

- (i) Three members from Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (names to be added on receipt)
- (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

- (i) Shri Dilip Sanghani, Chairman, IFFCO
- (ii) Shri Binod Anand, General Secretary, CNRI

## 7. Senior Member of the CACP

Mr. Naveen P. Singh

## 8. Senior Member of Agricultural Universities/Institutions

(i)  Dr.  P.  Chandrashekhar,  Director  General,  National  Institute  of  Agricultural  Extension (MANAGE)

(ii)  Dr.  J.P.  Sharma,  Vice  Chancellor,  Sher-e-Kashmir  University  of  Agricultural  Sciences  and Technology, Jammu

(iii) Dr. Pradeep Kumar Bisen, Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur

## 9. Representative of the Government of India

- (i) Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
- (ii) Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General (ICAR)
- (iii) Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution
- (iv) Secretary, Ministry of Cooperation
- (v) Secretary, Ministry of Textiles

## 10. Representatives of State Governments

(i) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Commissioner Agriculture, Karnataka

(ii) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Commissioner Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh,

(iii) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Commissioner Agriculture, Sikkim

- (iv) Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Commissioner Agriculture, Odisha

## 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.

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