Question : PROTECTION TO MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE



(a) whether the Government propose to bring out a scheme for giving protection to Minimum Support Price for wheat and review the same;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) by when the said scheme will come into force?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI HUKUMDEO NARAYAN YADAV)

(a) to (c): The Minimum Support Price (MSP) for wheat is already being protected through procurement by Food Corporation of India (F.C.I.) and designated agencies in the wheat growing States.