@RVBhavani
writes in her tribute to Professor M.S. Swaminathan "Looking back today, 17 years after the term of the NCF ended, it is clear that many of the recommendations provide direction on the way forward."
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"Reflecting on the National Policy for Farmers a decade after its approval, M.S. Swaminathan called for its implementation. He wrote: 'Do not measure agricultural progress merely in statistical terms but...'
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"...but mainstream the human dimension in all agricultural programmes and strategies, and use increase in farmers’ real income as the measure of progress.”
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"He reiterated that the minimum support price should be fixed at cost plus 50 per cent return. The government would do well to revisit the recommendations of the National Commission on Farmers, adapt them to the changed circumstances, and implement them."
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