Ballari Jn - Look around and enjoy the station. A sacred place where Mahatma Gandhi once spent 8 hours. - Vishwanath Joshi

Wow. When talking about MSP benchmarks in India, it might be influenced by Russia but should at least align with the global market. If the cost of making a product in India is more than its selling price internationally, then what's the point of producing it, bro? Now let's talk about your examples of shopkeepers selling fertilizers, seeds, pesticides, etc. You should know that if a shopkeeper faces losses, no one will help, but if a farmer faces losses, they'll get compensated. If a shopkeeper earns more, they gotta pay taxes, but farming earnings are tax-free, you feel me? Even with all the freedom, if farming leads to losses, instead of blaming fate or God, you gotta blame yourself for making bad choices. If you can't smartly choose products that bring in profits and end up suffering losses, then it's on you, man. I get what you're saying and I'm down to find solutions, but promoting a product with production costs higher than the international market price is just plain silly. Farmers should focus on crops with lower production costs compared to international prices, so even if we have excess, the government can export the crop. Right now, farmers want full independence in production and still expect MSP support from the government, which makes no sense at all. It's like saying, "I'll invest my money wherever I want, and if I don't make profits, I'll sit on the railway tracks and ask the government for help." Crazy, right?