Imperative to counter a false narrative

The laws specifically provide layers of protection to our farmers, giving them legal safeguards to counter any unwarranted claims of corporations

It is important to understand the necessity, logic and chronology of the agriculture reforms. A cacophony of lies is doing the rounds. One of the propagated false narratives about the reforms is that “MSP will be removed”. 

Not only did the Modi government implement the recommendations of the Swaminathan Committee to increase the MSP to 1.5 times of the cost of production, but it also increased the MSP in the range of 40-70 per cent in case of all crops as also expenditure of procurement at MSP by 85 per cent in 2014-19 from 2009-14. The budget of the Department of