Jairam Ramesh criticizes BJP’s ‘jumlas’ for farmers, pledges to make MSP legal
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party for failing to fulfill promises made to farmers and said the Congress party will legalize MSP (minimum support price) if it comes to power.
Accusing the Prime Minister of making false promises or ‘jumlas’, Jairam Ramesh shared data on the current state of the rural economy, which showed negative indicators like decline in rural consumption expenditure, decline in real wages in both agricultural and non-agricultural work and reduction in Trends highlighted. Sale of tractors and two-wheelers.
In a social media post on Twitter, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh claimed that “for the first time in more than 50 years, real rural consumption expenditure declined by 8.8% between 2011-12 and 2017-18. Additionally, Annual growth rates of real rural wages in both agricultural (-0.6”) and non-agricultural (-1.4”) sectors experienced negative trends between 2019-20 and 2023-24. Tractor Sales in India, Rural Economic Health The first 9 months of this financial year have seen a steep decline in key states in the West and South, leading to a 4% decline in overall sales. Tractor sales are down 4-5% year-on-year. The decline is projected as two-wheeler sales, another indicator of rising mobility among India’s poor, were down 22% in 2022-23 compared to 2017-18.
Ramesh further claimed that the ‘Farmer Justice Agenda’ of the Indian National Congress would make MSP a legal right for farmers and set prices based on the formula suggested by the Swaminathan Commission.
He further said that the present government may praise Dr MS Swaminathan but has not implemented his vision, while the Congress party promises to fulfill that vision and provide ‘justice’ to the farmers.” Rural Distress The most important policy response to the crisis is to start arming the agriculture sector with adequate and predictable MSP for agricultural produce. That’s why @INCIndia’s Farmer Justice Agenda will make MSP a legal right for farmers and set prices based on the formula suggested by the Swaminathan Commission. Ramesh said in a post on X.
The Congress leader’s claim comes at a time when thousands of farmers are protesting across Delhi to legalize MSP.
Calling for a march to Delhi, the farmers have been camping at several places in the areas bordering the national capital since February 13 with their tractors, mini-vans and pickup trucks, and demanding MSP (minimum support), among other demands. They are demanding to make a law to guarantee this. price) and withdrawal of police cases against farmers during earlier protests.
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