Jai Kisan Aandolan Introduces Calculator To Evaluate Farmer's Losses
Yogendra Yadav's Jai Kisan Aandolan, a national farmers' rights movement on March 18 launched the 'MSP Loot Calculator'. Collating data from the government website Agmark.net, the calculator will regularly evaluate losses from selling farm produce below minimum support price and post findings on their social media. Extrapolating trends, Yadav claimed that farmers will incur Rs 870Cr loss this year if government does not intercede. Reportedly, MSP’s legal guarantee is one of the principal demands of farmers.