Agri expert says in India farmers left ‘Bhagwan bharose’, backs MSP

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A day after the ‘Dilli Chalo’ farmer leaders rejected the Centre’s proposal to procure pulses, maize and cotton at the minimum support price (MSP) by government agencies for five years, saying it was not in their interest, The Indian Express had a chat with renowned agricultural policy expert Devinder Sharma who backed a legal MSP, which, according to him, is one of the ways to get the farmers out of the “prevailing agrarian crisis”. The food and trade analyst also says India is the only country where farmers are left to their own devices, that is, “Bhagwan bharose”. In a...