https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=32569 Demand for a statutory legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) is the core issue; farmers said the Budget was disappointing for not enacting such a law. They criticised increased Kisan Credit Card limits as increasing indebtedness and urged a law guaranteeing procurement at MSP using the Swaminathan Commission's C2 plus 50 percent formula, coupled with a debt waiver. Farmers also objected to the Budget's limited pulse procurement programme, its four year procurement cap for selected crops, and argued that import spending could instead fund domestic MSP purchases to secure self-sufficiency and diversification. en-us Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:16:03 +0530 Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:16:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=32569 Demand for a statutory legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) is the core issue; farmers said the Budget was disappointing for not enacting such a law. They criticised increased Kisan Credit Card limits as increasing indebtedness and urged a law guaranteeing procurement at MSP using the Swaminathan Commission's C2 plus 50 percent formula, coupled with a debt waiver. Farmers also objected to the Budget's limited pulse procurement programme, its four year procurement cap for selected crops, and argued that import spending could instead fund domestic MSP purchases to secure self-sufficiency and diversification. News - Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:16:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=32569