Q. Which of the following committee is/are related to Minimum Support Price?
1.Sanjay Agrawal committee
2.Acharya Narendra Deva Committee
3.Swaminathan committee
Select the correct answer using the codes given below;
Statement 1 is correct: Recently, the Government of India has constituted a committee to look into the issues of minimum support price(MSP), Natural Farming and Crop diversification. The committee is headed by Former Agriculture Secretary Sanjay Agrawal.
Statement 3 is correct: The Union government formed the National Commission on Farmers (NCF) with MS Swaminathan as its chairman. The main aim of the committee was to come up with a sustainable farming system, make farm commodities cost-competitive and more profitable.
It, in 2006, recommended that MSPs must be at least 50% more than the cost of production.
Statement 2 is incorrect: Acharya Narendra Deva Committee is related to the Primary and Secondary Education Reorganization.
Source: The Hindu
