Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said in the Rajya Sabha on Friday that the government would form a committee on minimum support price (MSP) as promised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November 2021 as soon as it received names of representatives from the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM).
Responding to a question by DMK’s M. Shanmugam during the Question Hour, Mr. Tomar said the government was committed to setting up the committee. The Prime Minister made the promise while announcing the withdrawal of the three farm laws that farmers had been protesting against for over a year.
Mr. Tomar said the Prime Minister had stated that a committee would be formed on organic farming, crop diversification and to make MSPs more transparent. The government was working on the matter.