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Do you think MSP (Minimum Support Price) Scheme for agricultural produce can help in rural development? Elaborate your response with suitable examples.

  • UPSC 2020
  • 20 marks
  • Rural and Agrarian Transformation in India

The Minimum Support Price is a pre-sowing price floor announced for 22 mandated crops on the recommendation of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, backed by public procurement. MSP can drive rural development, and demonstrably has in one region, but presently works as a regionally and class-selective transfer rather than a general instrument of…

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  • The case for MSP as a rural development instrument
  • The case against: a narrow and skewed instrument
  • Whose rural development? The sociological question
  • The politics of the floor price
  • Conclusion

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