High input cost plagues paddy cultivation

Even as the Government of India has been buying paddy at the minimum support price MSP from farmers across the country at the cost of a huge amount every year so as to provide rice to the public under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana PMGKY and National Food Security Act NFSA , paddy farmers of Manipur have been facing a serious challenge of shortage of buyers Source The Sangai Express