Centre Has Not Implemented Swaminathan Commission Report on MSP: BJD

Centre Has Not Implemented Swaminathan Commission Report on MSP: BJD

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05-Feb-2021  

Odisha’s ruling the Biju Janata Dal feels that the Centre has not implemented the recommendations of Swaminathan Committee on the minimum support price (MSP) for food grains, said BJD MP Dr. Sasmit Patra.

Responding to the statement made by Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, the BJD MP said that the Centre has not implemented the recommendations of Swaminathan panel report on fixing the MSP properly.

Patra elaborated how the Centre has misled the farmers in calculating the MSP. “Swaminathan himself has stated in October, 2020 last year. He had stated and I quote “ When we recommended the 50% increase on cost of production, we meant the C2 as the total cost of production. From his statement itself it’s clear that Swaminathan himself is not accepting the fact that the Swaminathan Commission report has been fully implemented nor have the recommendations in the Swaminathan Commission report been implemented as the 1.5 times increase in MSP has not been done on the C2- Cost of Production”, the BJD MP said.

The Swaminathan Commission report has not been fully implemented nor have the recommendations in the Swaminathan Commission report been implemented as the 1.5 times increase in MSP has not been done on the C2- Cost of Production.

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