What happened to govt-appointed panel on MSP formed after 2020-21 farmers protest?
Farmers protest live updates The MSP panel was formed by the central government seven months after the farmers called off their protest at the Delhi borders in 2021. The Modi government on July 12, 2022, released a notification informing about the formation of a committee to “promote zero-budget based farming" and to bring transparency and efficiency in the allocation of MSP. However, there was no mention of the legal guarantee of MSP to farmers in the notification.
“As per the announcement of the Hon’ble Prime Minister ‘A committee will be constituted to promote Zero budget based farming, to change crop patterns keeping in mind the changing needs of the country, and to make MSP more effective and transparent & that the committee will consist of representatives of the Central Government and State Governments, Farmers, Agricultural Scientists and Agricultural Economists," stated Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in its notification. According to the notification, the MSP panel would have members from the government as well as from the farmers' community. In addition to this, the panel would also include agricultural scientists and economists.
Former Agriculture Secretary, Sanjay Aggarwal was the Chairman of the committee. Other members of the committee were, Ramesh Chand from NITI Ayog; agricultural economists Dr C.S.C. Shekhar, Dr Sukhpal Singh, Bharat Bhushan Tyagi, Dilip Sanghani, Chairman, IFFCO, Binod Anand, General Secretary, CNRI, Senior Member of the CACP Naveen P.
Singh, P. Chandrashekhar, J.P. Sharma, etc.
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