Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for further hiking the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all Rabi crops for 2018-19 to be marketed in 2019-20 season.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, at its meeting chaired by the Prime Minister in New Delhi, approved the increase in the MSP for all Rabi crops for 2018-19.
In a statement issued here, the Chief Minister hailed the decision and said, “This farmer-friendly measure, a determined step in the direction of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, will surely give additional return to the farmers and assure them a profit of more than 50 per cent over and above their cost pf production. I thank the Prime Minister for the decison which will go a long way in bettering the economic lot of the farmers.”