Govt open to procure pulses, maize & cotton at MSP from farmers across India
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The government is learnt to have assured agitating farmers that it will procure maize, cotton and pulses varieties – arhar, urad and masoor – at the minimum support price (MSP) not just from farmers in Punjab but from across the country for the next five years. The offer, according to official sources, is subject to the condition that farmers diversify from water-intensive paddy cultivation.
Officials said that to boost output, the government agencies would procure these five crops at MSP s “without any upper limit.” The modalities of MSP purchase are being worked out.Earlier, the government had offered the same facility for farmers from Haryana and Punjab, but they refused to accept it.
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