The Price Support Scheme (PSS), a core component of the PM-AASHA framework, empowers central agencies like NAFED and NCCF to procure pulses, oilseeds, and copra at MSP. It protects farmers from distress sales during price crashes while promoting crop diversification and domestic self-sufficiency.
Click to View MoreIndia has emerged as the world’s largest rice producer due to assured MSP procurement, expanding cultivation area and strong export demand. However, excessive dependence on paddy has led to water stress, high fiscal costs, surplus stocks and poor crop diversification, making a shift toward pulses, oilseeds and millets essential for sustainable and nutrition-secure agriculture.
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