New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that ‘MSP tha, MSP hai aur MSP rahega in Rajya Sabha’ He said this while replying in the House to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address.

He further said that Minimum support price (MSP) based agri procurement will continue and so will PDS.

PM Modi said that there is a  need to identify ‘andolan jivi’ who are parasites, feasting on every agitation.

Referring to the Republic day violence, PM Modi said that this country is proud of every Sikh and their language but some people use for them will not benefit nation.

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PM Modi says need to identify ‘andolan jivi’ who are parasites, feasting on every agitation

This country is proud of every Sikh; language some people use for them will not benefit nation.

Minimum support price (MSP) based agri procurement will continue and so will PDS.

Give agri reforms a chance, open to changes.

Despite record production, there are problems in agriculture sector, solutions have to be found together.

PM Modi says Rs 90,000 crore of claims cleared under crop insurance; amount bigger than loan waiver.

Loan waiver does not benefit small farmers as they don’t have banks accounts or take loans.

Number of farmers with less than 1 hectare land has risen from 51 per cent to 68 per cent; 12 crore small farmers in country.

PM Modi quotes Manmohan Singh

PM Modi also quoted his predecessor Manmohan Singh on need to remove hurdles in farmers selling produce freely.

Manmohan ji is here, I’d read out his quote. Those taking a U-Turn (farm laws) will perhaps agree with him. “There are other rigidities because of marketing regime set up in 1930s which prevent our farmers from selling their produce where they get highest rate of return…”, PM Modi said.

“…It is our intention to remove all those handicaps which come in the way of India realising its vast potential at one large common market.”, said PM Narendra Modi in Rajya Sabha.

Motion of thanks to the President’s address

On Friday, the marathon debate in the Rajya Sabha on the motion of thanks to the President’s address concluded with 50 speakers from 25 political parties taking part in the discussion which was spread over three days.

The discussion was one of the longest such debates with high participation of members, said officials.

Eighteen members from BJP, seven of Congress, and 25 from other parties had participated in the debate.