Originally posted by: Anjalika01
But what about the removal of MSP?? That's basically like no minimum wage
MSP is still there , it hasn't been removed.
Secondly only 6-15% farmers get it and out of which 85% are based in Punjab, that's why it's a punjab farmer agitation and other 28 States care.
MsP was started when we didn't have enough food, but now we are surplus country, unfortunately due to msp now govt. Has to buy the wheat, rice even though half of it is wasted outside on the road, since we have no consumer of it.
Food corporation of india debt has increased from 90k crore to 3 lakh crores now, and if nothing is changed it would go to 7-8 lakh crores in next 5 years, and increasing.