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The Minimum Support Price (MSP) Loot Calculator focused on Karnataka, the state where the ‘MSP Dilao Abhiyan’ officially started, to discover that farmers of five crops had lost Rs. 54 lakhs in a single day.
Assessment of the state sale on March 24, 2021 showed that maize, gram and jowar farmers lost over-Rs. 21 lakh, Rs. 10 lakh and Rs. 11 lakhs on Wednesday. The other two crops considered were ragi and safflower.
“Karnataka farmers lost more than Rs. 54 lakhs in one day. Most of the spoils occurred in maize crop,” said the Jai Kisan Andolan (JKA).
On March 23, a total of 5,640 quintal maize was sold in state mandis of which no percentage of crop was sold at MSP. Despite an MSP of Rs. 1,850 per quintal all markets bought the crop at an average of Rs. 1,475 per quintal. Earlier, the farmers’ Calculator stated that Madhya Pradesh fared the worst in terms of maize crop sales over the first half of March.
Similarly, all crops taken into account on the day were sold lower than MSP. Farmers condemned the central government for their false assurances regarding government procurement and asserted their demand for a legal guarantee of MSP.
Further details about aforementioned crops can be seen here:
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