NITI Aayog's recommendation on agri sector tough to implement: Experts

The recommendation on replacing the MSP with a minimum reserve price, which acts as a floor for auction in mandis, will also be difficult to implement, given the multiplicity of mandis in India

The NITI Aayog’s main recommendations for the farm sector might be difficult to implement and could also bring back an era of controls into the farm sector, said experts and econo

mists.

The Aayog advocates converting the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) into an agri tribunal along with setting a floor price for auction in mandis.

The recommendation on replacing the minimum support price with a minimum reserve price, which acts as a floor for auction in mandis, will also be difficult to implement, given the multiplicity of mandis in India and their wide geographical spread, they