The minimum support price (MSP) is a “floor price” for any crop that the government considers remunerative for farmers and therefore deserves “support.” It is also the price that government agencies pay each time they buy. Currently, the Center establishes the EMP…
read moreThe recently enacted law dismantling the monopoly of the mandis APMC (Agricultural Market Committee), thus allowing the sale and purchase of crops outside of these state government regulated market prices, may have failed, not face serious opposition from farmers. If it had…
read moreUnion Cabinet met second time this month, as today the cabinet approved “Trade in Agricultural Products (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020”. The ordinance will create an ecosystem where farmers and traders will enjoy freedom of choice in the sale and purchase of…
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