Congress chief Randeep Singh Surjewala with occasion Secretary Vineet Punia addresses a press convention, on the occasion headquarters, in New Delhi on Thursday.
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The Congress on Thursday claimed that the Narendra Modi authorities merely introduced minimal help worth (MSP) for farmers however by no means procured their produce at these charges.
Addressing a press convention, occasion normal secretary Randeep Surjewala claimed the federal government had turned the MSP into “maximum suffering of the producer” which proved that the BJP had “anti-farmer DNA”.
A day after the Union authorities introduced the MSP for the Kharif crops for 2023-24, Mr. Surjewala claimed that the the MSP was not only far lower than what the farmers ought to ideally get however the authorities made very restricted purchases even on this meagre worth.
He mentioned the federal government had promised to repair the MSP of numerous crops after computing the enter prices plus 50% revenue following the suggestions of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices however the precise help costs had been method beneath this degree.
“When there is no intention to procure crops on MSP, what is the purpose of announcing it,” requested Mr. Surjewala, including “The Modi Cabinet pretends to announce MSP for Kharif crops. But, there are bitter truths related to this. Farmer’s crop is not bought at all on MSP in India, farmer does not get 50% profit on cost. Every policy and DNA of the Modi government is anti-farmer”.
In the final 4 years, the Modi authorities didn’t spend round ₹80,000 crore from the funds of the Agriculture Ministry and the names of two crore farmers had been faraway from the checklist of Kisan Samman Nidhi beneficiaries, he alleged. Under the “Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi” (PM-KISAN) scheme, a monetary profit of ₹6,000 per yr was offered to eligible farmer households, payable in three equal instalments of ₹2,000.
‘PR hungry govt.’
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge tweeted, “The Modi government had made two promises to the farmers of the country — fixing the MSP at cost plus 50% profit and doubling the income of farmers of the country by 2022. Both promises turned out to be false. The PR hungry Modi government, which is pretending to increase the MSP on Kharif crop does not buy crops on MSP at all. The budget for agriculture was cut”.
“Nine years of the Modi government has become a curse for 62 crore farmers of the country,” the Congress chief added.
“No cost plus 50 per cent profit. No buying at MSP. No double income. In nine years of the BJP government, what did the farmers get except ‘jumlas’ in elections, lathis on the back and kicks on the stomach,” requested Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Twitter.
