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MSP hike for paddy too little, says Amarinder

Staff Correspondent

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday described the increase in the minimum support price (MSP) for paddy by just Rs.10 by the Union Government as "too meagre and inadequate."

Through an official release, Capt. Singh said that while the State Government had demanded an MSP of Rs 712 per quintal, the Union Government

had fixed it at Rs. 580 for the common and Rs. 610 per quintal for Grade `A' varieties. Capt. Singh urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Agriculture, Food and Distribution Minister Sharad Pawar to immediately revise the MSP of paddy by at least Rs.50 per quintal to compensate the farmers who were already under distress as the revised rates were far too less than their expectations.

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