Updated On: 09 December, 2020 03:43 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
He said that fears on discontinuation of MSP system were "baseless" and asserted that the Centre was ready to assure them on the issue again

Bharat Bandh protest at Singhu border. File Pic
Allaying the apprehensions of farmers that procurement at MSPs will be stopped in the wake of the new farm laws, Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has said there is no need to hold discussion on a new law on MSPs if it is not even feasible in the first place.
"What is not feasible should not be discussed," he said on Tuesday when asked about the possibility of bringing forth a new law on the issue, as demanded by the farmers as a guarantee for Minimum Support Price system's continuation.