Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Sunday asserted that the income of the farmer of the State is constantly increasing even as Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann underlined the need for making the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops a legal guarantee during the national council meeting of NITI Aayog.
“Our agricultural growth rate is about 3.3% per annum. Productivity is high in the State, which is ₹1.57 lakh per hectare. The State’s growth rate is about 8.7%, while the country’s labour productivity growth rate is 3.3% – these figures indicate that the income of the farmer of the State is constantly increasing. The share of Horticulture and Animal Husbandry is increasing in the agriculture sector,” said Mr. Lal, adding that the use of the latest technology and crop diversification is being promoted in Haryana.
In his address, Mr. Mann said that making MSP on the crops a legal guarantee is the need of the hour so that interests of farmers can be safeguarded. Also, the MSP must be remunerative as the input cost of agriculture has enhanced manifolds and farmers are not getting right price of their harvest, he said.
