Here’s why farm protests have been loudest in Punjab, Haryana (Hindustan Times)

Hindustan Times published an article stating that the MSP regime doesn’t benefit all farmers and it has not been effective in all states. Farmers blocked roads and railway tracks to protest three new pieces of legislation, which they claim could pave the way for the government to stop buying grains at fed Because costs of production vary widely from state to state, MSPs are calculated by a methodology based on all India weighted average costs. PK Mishra wrote, “This does not necessarily guarantee remunerative prices to all farmers in all regions.”