New Delhi, April 13 -- The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a public interest litigation seeking a direction to the Central government to fix Minimum Support Price (MSP) for agricultural produce at least at the weighted average cost of production (C2) and to ensure procurement of crops from farmers at that price.
The petition, filed by three Maharashtra-based farmers (Prakash Gopalrao Pohare, Purushottam Gawade, and Vishal Omprakash Rawat), under Article 32 of the Constitution, sought directions to the government to accord effective weightage to the exact cost of cultivation (C2), proposed by respective state governments, while fixing the Minimum Support Price for agricultural produce.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sur...