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Thread👉The MSP Fallacy
If an M.P asks a question in Parliament regarding #Farmer Income, it is a cast iron rule that @nstomar(#Agri minister) starts his reply with "Govt announces Minimum Support Prices for 22 mandated crops"; what he doesn't say is that only 6% farmers get MSP
If an M.P asks a question in Parliament regarding #Farmer Income, it is a cast iron rule that @nstomar(#Agri minister) starts his reply with "Govt announces Minimum Support Prices for 22 mandated crops"; what he doesn't say is that only 6% farmers get MSP
@nstomar @Devinder_Sharma @waglenikhil @MonaAmbegaonkar @jayantrld @_YogendraYadav @GauravPandhi @jyotiyadaav @sakshijoshii @vijaita @svaradarajan Mantri Ji mentions "Union Budget 2018 announced to fix the MSP at 1.5 times of the cost of production". What mantri ji forgets to mention is that MSP is still fixed acc to A2+FL cost(input cost+family labour)rather than C2 costs(which include interest on value of land & machines)
@nstomar @Devinder_Sharma @waglenikhil @MonaAmbegaonkar @jayantrld @_YogendraYadav @GauravPandhi @jyotiyadaav @sakshijoshii @vijaita @svaradarajan @ikaveri @t_d_h_nair @sayantanbera @geetv79 @MnshaP @NPDay @mkvenu1 @kayjay34350 @HasibaAmin @RURALINDIA What mantri ji does not tell the parliament that, on account of Govt's refusal to decide MSP on C2 costs(which include interest on value of land & machines), Farmers lose
Rs 613.50/quintal #paddy
Rs 212.50/quintal loss #wheat
Rs 2325/Qt #arhar
Rs 2488/Qt #moong
Rs 1762/Qt #cotton
Rs 613.50/quintal #paddy
Rs 212.50/quintal loss #wheat
Rs 2325/Qt #arhar
Rs 2488/Qt #moong
Rs 1762/Qt #cotton
