Prakash Kammaradi, Agriculture Economist, at a press convention in Mangaluru on Saturday, April 20.
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The authorities should announce legally backed minimum procurement price for food crops and the Congress and the BJP, two main political events contesting the Lok Sabha elections, should make their dedication on the identical clear, former Chairman of Karnataka Agriculture Price Commission Prakash Kammaradi stated right here on Saturday, April 20.
Addressing presspersons, he stated that there are 21 food crops. If the federal government was to buy them by providing a minimum help price backed by the laws, it may need to order ₹5 lakh crore every year. The fund won’t be an enormous burden to the Union authorities.
He stated that farmers have been demanding to supply the minimum help price for food crops with authorized backing. The authorities should fulfil their demand.
The Congress has now promised that it’s going to procure food crops by providing legally backed minimum help price (MSP). But it should turn into a actuality if it varieties the federal government. The Union authorities led by the BJP too has stated that it is able to procure cotton, jowar, and pulses by providing minimum help price. Its dedication to providing legally backed MSP should turn into clear, he stated.
The fee headed by him submitted a report on the legally backed MSP to the federal government in 2018.
If the inventory of food grains bought by the federal government by providing MSP was in extra then the federal government can distribute the identical amongst youngsters and ladies affected by malnutrition. A legally backed MSP scheme avoids the intervention of middlemen whereas farmers promoting their produces, he stated.