PTI

New Delhi, August 22

The committee on Minimum Support Price (MSP) had a broad dialogue on the mandated matters together with making “MSP more effective and transparent” in its first assembly on Monday however Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) remained absent.

The committee, headed by former agriculture secretary Sanjay Agrawal, mentioned on methods to “promote zero budget based farming”, to “change” crop patterns retaining in thoughts the altering wants of the nation, and to make MSP extra “effective and transparent”.

There are 26 members together with the chairman of the committee and three membership slots saved apart for representatives of SKM.

“A presentation was given on three topics which the committee is required to examine and recommend. What and how needs to be done, which state government has done better so far and the successful models and learning — were discussed,” committee member Binod Anand informed PTI.

Anand, who’s holding the cost of basic secretary at farmers’ group CNRI, stated SKM representatives nevertheless weren’t current within the day-long assembly. Niti Aayog member Ramesh was additionally not current as a consequence of different engagements.

SKM, which necessitated establishing of this committee on July 18 after main the farmers’ protest towards three farm legal guidelines and forcing the federal government to repeal them, has already rejected this committee and determined to not nominate its representatives.

While asserting the repeal of three farm legal guidelines in November final 12 months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised to arrange a committee to look into farmers’ MSP points.

Other members who attended the assembly embody: agri-economists CSC Shekhar from Indian Institute of Economic Development and Sukhpal Singh from IIM-Ahmedabad and Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) senior member Naveen P Singh.

Among farmer representatives who attended the assembly have been National award-winning farmer Bharat Bhushan Tyagi in addition to Gunwant Patil, Krishnaveer Choudhary, Pramod Kumar Choudhary, Guni Prakash and Sayyed Pasha Patel. IFFCO chairman Dilip Sanghani was current.

Senior members of agricultural universities, central authorities secretaries and chief secretaries of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Odisha have been additionally current within the assembly.