Apprehensions of farmers already coming true in Punjab: Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Sunday said the apprehensions of farmers were already coming true in Punjab with the Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) putting daily ceilings on procurement of cotton and effecting a four-times reduction in its purchase.
Asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take note of the actions of CCI, Harsimrat Badal said “even though you have given repeated statements about the continuance of minimum support price (MSP), your inability to specify anything regarding assured government purchase at MSP is already having an adverse effect on government departments."
Asking the Prime Minister to set the record straight, Badal said “a clear cut directive needs to be issued by you guaranteeing government procurement of all agricultural products listed under the MSP system. This is the need of the hour as even a government department like CCI, which has the mandate to procure cotton on MSP, is abdicating its responsibility."