The Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) has once again called for strengthening the different components of the Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) scheme to ensure remunerative prices to farmers.
The scheme that was launched in September 2018 to ensure remunerative prices to farmers has three components.
It comprises the (i) Price Support Scheme (PSS), (ii) Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS), and (iii) Pilot of Private Procurement and Stockiest Scheme.
Under the PSS, the overall quantity of procurement by the central government is restricted to 25 per cent of the actual production of the commodity for that