Badalta Maharashtra conclave: MSP should factor in crop production cost, says Congress leader

Mumbai | Saturday | 23rd February, 2019

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“If farmers get good returns and security, the farmers’ agitation will stop,” he said. But unfortunately, farmers always live in uncertainty, as they do not fetch good returns for their produce,” Thorat said. Demanding higher Minimum Support Price (MSP), that will cover the total expenditure incurred on the crops produced, senior Congress leader and former Agriculture Minister Balasaheb Thorat said the government should promote allied businesses to help farmers. AdvertisingHe was speaking at the concluding session of Badalta Maharashtra organised by Loksatta (The Indian Express Group) in Mumbai on Friday. “The prospects of individual investors in the share market is always upward when there is industrial growth..