Government assures expanded market scope for farmers
The Dollar Business Bureau In a move towards providing financial aid to the farmers, the Indian Department of Agriculture and Cooperation is implementing a market scheme that would help farmers in times of glut in production and fall of prices. The Minister of State for Agriculture, Mohanbhai Kundaria, on Tuesday, informed that the scheme named Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) was aimed at procurement of agricultural and horticultural commodities, which are generally perishable in nature. The Minister further informed that the MIS would extend financial support to the farmers by providing remunerative prices in cases of excess production and fall in prices. The MIS implementation is coming into effect in line with the requests made by the State governments expressing ...
