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With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

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Thursday, 16 November 2023

DEAR KISAN NETAS - SHRI TOMARJI / PLEASE CONSIDER THIS FORMULA OF MSP LINKED TO MPQ ( MAX PURCHASE QUANTITY ) for each Crop

 Point : Counter-Point //  MSP : MPQ

 

 

Lok Sabha’s winter session starts today. Govt will introduce a bill to repeal 3 Farm Laws

 

Opposition party members will get vociferous by echoing the demands of Kisan Netas, which are :

 

Ø Withdrawal of Electricity Amendment Bill

Ø Scrapping of provisions of fines for stubble burning

Ø Withdrawal of cases against farmers ( during protests )

Ø Sacking and arrest of Shri Ajay Mishra ( for Lakhimpur violence )

Ø Compensation to kin of 700 farmers who died during the protests

Ø Allotment of site to construct a memorial

Ø  

None of these are un-surmountable / non-negotiable, and I urge Shri Tomarji and the Farmer Leaders to reach compromise-solutions for each of these, in the spirit of “ Give and Take 

 

In that same spirit of “ Give and Take “ , a WIN-WIN solution can also be reached in the matter of the most important demand of  “ MSP for 23 crops guaranteed by an appropriate new law 

 

 

Both sides have reasonable arguments, viz :

 

 

FARMERS :

 

In APMC mandies, cartels of traders / middlemen / adatias etc., fix very low prices ( sometimes, even  below the cost of production ) and force the farmers to sell at huge loss ( cause for suicides ? )

 

 

GOVERNMENT :

 

We have following problems :

 

#   Against our current storage capacity ( FCI ) of 41 million tons, last season, we were required to purchase

     120 million tons of food-grains from farmers ( at MSP ) .

 

     This meant storing food grains, in open ( covered by tarpaulins ). This results in millions of tons getting

    damaged ( rain-rats-insects ) and rendered unfit for human consumption- entailing a loss of lakhs of crores

    of rupees

 

#   We just have enough money ( funds ) to support a few crops with MSP. If as many as 23 crops were to be

     guaranteed MSP, we just won’t have enough funds to buy out all 23 crops .

 

#   Fixing MSP and guaranteeing purchase of 23 crops, will further aggravate the storage problems and

     consequent damage problem

 

 

 

Dear Kisan Netas / Shri Tomarji,

 

 

Here too a Compromise Solution is possible in the spirit of Give and Take

 

 

It is : MSP linked with MPQ

 

 

Where, MPQ = Maximum Purchase Quantity ( separate figure for each of those 23 crops )

 

This means, in each year, Government shall not be obliged to purchase more than the MPQ ( at its MSP ), for any crop

 

The MSP and MPQ shall be worked out and announced by the govt. 6 months in advance of the coming year

 

 

As suggested in my following earlier blog-email, it is possible to automate this entire process of computation of MSP, by using Geo-Spatial Technology :

 

Agri Reforms : an Ongoing Process…………………….[ 20 Nov 2021 ]

 

Using same technology, it is possible to also calculate ( automatically and without human intervention ), the MPQ for each of those 23 crops for the upcoming year

 

Both, the Government and the Farmers should be happy with such an AUTOMATIC – SCIENTIFIC – UNBIASED – TECHNOLOGY BASED – DYNAMIC process, which announces its results on a Govt website within a specific time - frame

 

 

This way, Govt will know in advance, the total amount of FUNDS that will be required for the coming season

 

And, knowing in advance, the MPQ / MSP for each crop, farmers will decide WHICH crop to plant and HOW MUCH to plant ( Demand / Supply / Price, dynamics in regulated manner )

 

On Govt web site, each purchase ( at MSP ) will be published ( individual and cumulative ) for each crop

 

This will show, how much total has been purchased ( for each crop ) and how much still remains to be purchased

 

When Govt purchase for an MSP crop reaches its stipulated MPQ ( for a given season / year ) , the Govt will stop buying and declare in all media

 

Irrespective of this provision, farmers will be free to negotiate with any trader / middleman / business , any SALE QUANTITY at any negotiated price ( whether higher or lower than published MSP )

 

Based on State-wise distribution ( of production ) of any particular crop, Central Government will work out State-wise QUOTAS of purchase quantities for each crop

 

 

23

 msp_1 x mpq_1  =  Funds needed for Crop 1………..( insert data for all 23 crops, one by one )

0

 

 

With regards,

 

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  29 Nov 2021

 

 

Related Readings :

2021

 Agri Reforms : an Ongoing Process………………………………… …..[ 20 Nov 2021 ]

 “ Tractor-Pulled “ to “ Technology-Pushed “ ………………………..[ 20 Sept 2021 ]

Finally Announced : Agri Infra Fund to APMC ……………………….[ 08 July 2021 ]

 Agristack: The New Digital Push in Agriculture  …………………..[ 26 June 2021 ]

Digital Farming ? ……………………………………………………..[ 15 April 2021 ]

Kisan Sabha gets Constructive ………………………………………………[ 20 Feb 2021 ]

Monetizing Geospatial Data ……………………………………………………[ 16 Feb 2021 ]

 

  

2020

Congratulations, Shri P K Purwarji  ………………………………………[ 21 Dec 2020 ]

 e-NAM ; reimagined to resolve farmer agitation……………………[ 10 Dec 2020 ]

 How about introducing a PLI for agricultural produce ?.........[ 08 Dec 2020 ]

Production Linked Incentive for Rice ( Paddy ) ……………………..[ 09 Dec 2020 ]

Thank You, Shri Tomarji ………………………………………………………..[ 28 Sept 2020 ]

Selling Farm Laws before selling Farm Crops………………………. [ 24 Sept 2020 ]

 

2019

Influence farmers and win Votes ? ………………………………………….[ 04 Feb 2019 ]

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Copy to :

Akhil Gogoi

Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS)

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Dr Ashish Mittal

All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS)

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Atul Kumar Anjaan

All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)

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Avik Saha

Jai Kisan Andolan (JKA)

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Dr Darshan Pal

Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU Dakaunda)

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Hannan Mollah

All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS Canning Street)

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Kavitha Kuruganti

Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture (ASHA)

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Kiran Vissa

Rythu Swarajya Vedika (RSV)

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K. Chandrasekhar

Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS)

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Medha Patkar

National Alliance for People’s Movements (NAPM)

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P. Ayyakkanu

National-South India River Interlinking Agriculturists Association

Pratibha Shinde

Lok Sangharsh Morcha (LSM)

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Raja Ram Singh

All India Kisan Mahasabha (AIKM)

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Raju Shetti

Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghtana (SSS)

rajushetti@gmail.com

Satyawan

All India Kisan Khet Mazdoor Sangathan (AIKKMS)

kisansangathan@gmail.com

Dr Sunilam

Kisan Sangharsh Samiti

samajwadisunilam@gmail.com

Tajinder Virk

Tarai Kisan Sangathan

tajindersamajwadi@gmail.com

VM Singh

Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan (RKMS)

vmsingh@vmsingh.com

Yogendra Yadav

Swaraj Abhiyan

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