It was to ensure a margin of profit of 51.85 per cent for milling copra and 57.73 per cent for ball copra over the all India weighted average cost of production, the officer said.
Haryana and Punjab switched from indirect payment of MSP to direct online transfer of benefits to farmers’ bank account by all the procuring agencies as per the direction of the Government of India.
They said that only five per cent of the issues raised by them have so far been discussed in meetings with the government.
Tomar said that people have reservations on MSP and he would like to reiterate that the MSP system will continue and he will assure farmers about it.
Yesterday, the agitating farmers had said that today's talks will be the "last chance" to call an emergency session of parliament and recall the controversial legislations.
Ministry has set up three teams of officers to prepare the roadmap to restore growth in the economy after the Covid-19 Pandemic.
The proposed law to ensure minimum support price to farmers may aggravate and not alleviate agrarian distress, says SATYAJIT PATTANAYAK
Coming down heavily on the BJP, he said it had forgotten all of its 2014 election promises including that of according special category status to Odisha.
On inquiry, the drivers gave the statement that they had brought the paddy from Muzaffarnagar in Bihar and the bills and the bilties (waybill) of the content were taken from them on reaching the mill premises by a motorcyclist who was reportedly sent there by the mill owner.
Hooda, who resumed the sixth phase of the Jankranti Yatra from Shahbad in Kurukshetra district, said the BJP government in the state has failed on all fronts in the state and is trying to mislead the people of the state.
