Chandigarh, Jan. 10 -- A committee constituted by the Supreme Court to suggest course correction in the agrarian sector on Friday met different farmers unions, who demanded a central law offering guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) on all crops as the solution for the distress.

The farmers' delegation, led by farm leader Jagjeet Singh Dallewal, told the committee, led by retired high court judge Justice Nawab Singh, that the proposed law will protect farmers by bringing in punitive provisions for payments lesser than the MSP.

According to Khushal Singh, a farmer from Gurdaspur, the crop payment across Tarn Taran, Gurdaspur and Amritsar, particularly in the paddy season, was 20% lower than the MSP of Rs.2,369 per quintal. He added t...