Farm MSP Issue Entangled With WTO, Modi Govt Needs Its Diplomats In Geneva

The issue of India providing MSP to its poor and marginal farmers has been a subject of much debate, almost taking the centre-stage, at the Geneva-based WTO for decades. ( Image Source :PTI )

India’s capital New Delhi and its surrounding areas are once again witness to agitating farmers coming in hordes and trying to cross over the borders from neighbouring Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, with a list of demands. Their main demand from the Narendra Modi government is to have a guaranteed price for their products by way of domestic support, also known as the minimum support price or MSP. While the MSP policy has always been a subject of much controversy as far as India’s