Govt committed to form committee to review MSP, farmers’ issue as per announcement made by Prime Minister: Narendra Singh Tomar in Parliament

The government is committed to form a committee to review Minimum Support Price and farmers’ issue as per the announcement made by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Replying to supplementaries in the Rajya Sabha today, the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said, the committee will have members from Centre, States, farmers’ organizations, agricultural scientists and economists.

He informed that the government has sought names from the farmers’ organization to include their names in the Committee. He said, the process of setting up a committee is under process.

In his address to the nation in November last year, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced the formation of a committee to promote zero budgeting based agriculture, to change crop pattern as per the changing needs of the country and to make MSP more effective and transparent.