Government Pannel On MSP

Question 1

The protesting farmers had demanded a legal guarantee on MSP, based on Swaminathan Commission’s ‘______% formula’.

Answer 1

C2+50% formula

Question 2

C2 + 50% formula

Answer 2

government should raise the MSP to at least 50% more than the weighted average cost of production. It is also known as the C2+ 50% formula.

It includes the imputed cost of capital and the rent on the land (called ‘C2’) to give farmers 50% returns

Question 3

The Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP) recommends MSPs for _____ mandated crops and fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane.

Answer 3

22

The mandated crops include 14 crops of the kharif season, 6 rabi crops and 2 other commercial crops.

Question 4

The minimum support prices are announced by the Government of India at the beginning of the sowing season for certain crops on the basis of the recommendations of the ________ (CACP).

Answer 4

Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices

Question 5

the government announces minimum support prices for how many crops.

Answer 5

23

Question 6

More detail of 23 crops (optional)

Answer 6

7 types of cereals (paddy, wheat, maize, bajra, jowar, ragi and barley),
5 types of pulses (chana, arhar/tur, urad, moong and masur),
7 oilseeds (rapeseed-mustard, groundnut, soyabean, sunflower, sesamum, safflower, nigerseed),
4 commercial crops (cotton, sugarcane, copra, raw jute).