Farmers' protest: Govt likely to seek Cabinet nod for MSP assurance

Union leaders sit on Day-long fast; Kejriwal says laws will lead to inflation

The Central government might seek a Cabinet approval for an executive order on securing minimum support price (MSP) to break the logjam on the three farm laws, sources have said.

It could also consider tweaking the rules to fulfill its promise of ensuring level-playing field in terms of taxes and cess collected between a regulated APMC and out-of-mandi transactions — as proposed in the compromise formula being offered to agitating farmers.

Sources said an electronic system of registration could be worked out for all out-of-mandi transactions based on which a nominal charge of, say around 1 per cent, could be levied on