Centre working with states to ensure farmers get declared MSP: PM Modi

The PM said the Centre had framed several model laws on contract farming, land lease and agriculture marketing

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Centre was working with the states to ensure that farmers got the minimum support price (MSP) of one-and-a-half times their cost of production. He added the cost would include expenses on labour, rent for machinery and land, cost of seeds and fertilisers, as well as interest on working capital.
 
Some people are trying to confuse and demotivate farmers on the MSP issue, Modi said, addressing the annual Krishi Unnati Mela, organised by the Ministry of Agriculture at Pusa, New Delhi. One of the demands of the massive farmers’ protest of farmers