Congress rejected Swaminathan Commission’s report in 2010, here’s why – India TV

Farmers Protest: The farmers protest has as soon as once more taken the centre-stage as 1000’s march in direction of Delhi to press for his or her calls for, forward of the Lok Sabha elections, attributable to be held in April-May this yr.

One of the calls for of the agitating farmers is the implementation of Swaminathan Commission’s report. While the federal government has stated that it is able to maintain talks with the farmers, Union Minister Anurag Thakur stated that the federal government wants extra time as they (farmers) have added new calls for.

A gathering between two Union Minister Piyush Goyal and Arjun Munda was held in Chandigarh on the eve of farmers protest however remained inconclusive.

Amid this, the Congress on Tuesday introduced that it’ll implement Swaminathan Commission’s suggestions on MSP if it types authorities on the Centre. It additionally assured Minimum Selling Price (MSP) gurantee.

Though the ‘grand outdated celebration’ has stated that it will implement Swaminathan Commission’s suggestions, Congress’ response on accepting report’s suggestions when it was in energy in 2010 has surfaced.

It has come to mild that Congress authorities in 2010, turned down the suggestions of Swaminathan Committee report which batted for a a lot increased compensation for farmers, in lieu of their farm produce.

Notably, Swaminathan Committee’s National Commission report, headed by famend scientist MS Swaminathan, had submitted its suggestion on MSP earlier than the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) authorities in 2010.

A questionnaire from Parliament, dated 16 April, 2010, exhibits that KV Thomas, the then minister in UPA authorities cited ‘distortion of market’ and ‘counter-productive’ facet as the rationale for turning down the suggestions.

KV Thomas, the MoS for Agriculture in 2010 throughout UPA rule, stated in response to BJP MP Prakash Javadekar in Rajya Sabha that the advice was not accepted by the federal government as a result of “MSP is recommended by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) based on objective criteria and considering a variety of relevant factors. Hence, prescribing an increase of at least 50% on cost may distort the market. A mechanical linkage between MSP and the cost of production may be counter-productive in some cases.”

Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday stated that Congress, if voted to energy, will give a authorized assure on MSP to each farmer, primarily based on the suggestions of Swaminathan report.

“This MSP assure might be a game-changer for greater than 15 crore farmers and can convey a long-lasting change to their lives. This is our first assure whereas treading on Nyay Yatra,” Rahul introduced.

With inputs from IANS

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