Farmers have “ suspended “ their agitation after getting an official / written assurance from the Central Government to include in the “ Terms of Reference “ of the proposed Committee :

“ Provision for a legally guaranteed MSP for 23 crops “

One news paper reported today :

“ Suppose the govt were to buy the marketable surplus of 23 main agri commodities grown by farmers, then the federal FOOD BILL could go up to about Rs 9 – 9.5 LAKH*CRORE “

Ashok Agrawal, analyst with Comtrade, a commodities trading firm

10 Dec 2021 )

I urge the Govt to incorporate following in the “ Terms of Reference “ :

Ø MSP for each crop shall be computed, automatically using a TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

Ø Concurrently this technology platform shall also compute automatically, MPQ ( Maximum Purchase Quantity ) for each crop

Ø The only INPUT to this TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM ( from the Central Govt ) , shall be :

“ The overall FOOD BILL shall not exceed XYZ % of last year’s GDP “

Ø Given such over-arching CONSTRAINT, platform will generate a family of MSP vs MPQ projections, for consideration and adoption by the Committee ( for each crop and for overall )

Ø Committee will accept a particular COMBINATION ( of MSP and MPQ ) for each crop and recommend its announcement by the Union Agriculture Minister

Ø This process will be repeated each year

Ø Committee will have a STATUTORY standing

Ø Besides involving an ENLARGED PARTICIPATION of all stake-holders in the process of determining MSP ( for each year ), this will ensure that the Committee feels responsible / accountable for the implications of its recommendation on the FINANCIAL HEALTH of entire country

I urge all concerned to examine my following proposal in this regard :

Dear Kisan Leaders / Shri Tomarji : It is time to Shake Hands / 07 Dec 2021

With regards,

Hemen parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 10 Dec 2021

CC :

All Farmer Leaders

Thursday, 9 December 2021

Devil is in details