NEW DELHI, Nov 12:
Continuing to back the demands of farmers, BJP MP Varun Gandhi has piloted a private member’s bill seeking legal guarantee of MSP with financial outlay of Rs 1 lakh crore.
The bill titled — The Farmers Right To Guaranteed Minimum Support Price Realization Of Agri-Produce Bill, 2021 — aims to provide legally guaranteed minimum support price (MSP) for 22 crops that should be set at a profit margin of 50 per cent over the comprehensive cost of production.
Gandhi has submitted the bill in Parliament but it is yet to be introduced. MPs can pilot private members’ bill in their personal capacity irrespective of their party affiliations. Since 1952, only about a dozen private members’ bills have been passed. (PTI)
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