MSP announced by Modi govt inflicting losses on farmers AIKS
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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Congress on Thursday attacked the Narendra Modi government, accusing it of "betraying" farmers by only announcing minimum support price but never procuring their produce at those rates. India News | Modi Government Betraying Farmers: Congress over MSP for Crops.
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) on Thursday slammed the Centre over the recently announced MSP for the Kharif Season, and alleged that it is inflicting "huge losses" on farmers. The Union government on June 7 announced the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for the Kharif Season 2023-24. Read | Cabinet hikes minimum support price for Kharif crops
“The move has been taken to ensure remunerative prices to growers for their produce. This is the largest raise in MSP in the past several years,” Union Minister Piyush Goyal told reporters in New Delhi.
The increase in MSP for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24 is in line with the Union Budget 2018-19 announcement of fixing the MSP at a level of at least 1.5 times, , msp, kharif crops