“Act in haste, repent at leisure," is an old aphorism. It applies only partly to the substantial revision of minimum support prices (MSPs) of the current kharif crops the government announced last week. That decision could not be said to have been made in haste, as the Modi government has had four long years to deliver on its 2014 election pledge of agriculture produce prices as per the recommendations of the M S Swaminathan National Commission on Farmers. Obviously, the delayed fulfilment of that promise has much to do with the general election next year.
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