Dhankhar makes a case for upwardly revision of MSP rates

New Delhi, Aug 2

Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday asked the government to keep revising the Minimum Support Prices of crops upwardly to control the market forces and ensure farmers get a fair remuneration for their produce.
Dhakhar spoke when Agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was replying to the debate on union agriculture budget in the Rajya Sabha today.
"We often speak of low MSP procurement but the fact is that low procurement on MSP means farmers are getting better prices in the market and are therefore not selling on MSP. MSP is essential to ensure that farmers get an assured minimum price if he does not get an adequate and better market price," Dhankhar said.
Noting that good market price for farm produce is the real solution, Dhankhar urged the government to keep raising the MSP. "If you do that (raise MSP), market forces will also be forced to pay better prices and will remain balanced," he said.