NITI Aayog comes up with new policy to ensure MSP, tackle farm distress

NITI Aayog has been working on an action plan to relieve rural distress and energise the agricultural sector

Ramesh Chand, member of Niti Aayog, the government’s policy think tank chaired by the Prime Minister, has told Business Standard that a new policy agenda for farmers is on the cards. “I am ready with the agenda, including the first 100 days’ agenda, of the new government to address immediate and medium term concerns relating to Indian agriculture (and farmers’ distress),” Chand said.

Chand has been working on an action plan to relieve rural distress and energise the agricultural sector for the last couple of months even as the government went into virtual hibernation after the dates for the general elections