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Chandigarh, September 24- Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Mr. J.P Dalal said that on the initiative of Haryana, the Central Government has started announcing Minimum Support Price of crops every year before the start of sowing season which is in the interest of farmers. Some political leaders have been politicizing this issue in the name of farmers and have not been supporting this, he added.
Mr. Dalal welcomed the announcement of Central Government regarding increase in Minimum Support Prices of Rabi crops like wheat, gram, mustard, barley, lentils and safflower from Rs 50 to Rs 300. The Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi has initiated a permanent formula for fixing the Minimum Support Price of crops following the objective of doubling farmers’ income by 2022.
Mr. Dalal said that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of wheat has been increased by Rs 50 to Rs 1975 per quintal. Similarly, MSP of gram has been increased from Rs 4875 to Rs 5100 per quintal, MSP of mustard has been increased from Rs 4425 to Rs 4650 per quintal. MSP of Barley has been increased from Rs 1525 to Rs 1600 per quintal, MSP of lentils has been increased from Rs 4800 to Rs 5100 per quintal and MSP of safflower has been increased from Rs 5215 to Rs 5327 per quintal.
The Agriculture Minister said that the time has come, when the farmers should become entrepreneurs along with farming as per the initiative of the Government. According to the Bill: Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance 2020′ passed by Parliament and the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill 2020, the farmers will not only sell their produce within their state but can also sell in the mandis of other states. A farmer can e-contract with any person or bank for its produce under contract farming and will not be required to mortgage their land with the bank for crop loans.
