{"license":"Free to use with attribution to Vaada Meter (license terms to be finalised)","methodVersion":"1.0","generatedAt":"2026-10-05T09:25:49.719Z","data":{"id":"bjp-ls-2014-008","text":"Ensure farmers a minimum 50% profit over cost of production","quote":"take steps to enhance the profitability in agriculture, by ensuring a minimum of 50% profits over the cost of production, cheaper agriculture inputs and credit","quoteIsExact":true,"quoteLanguage":"en","quoteEnglish":null,"page":28,"sector":"agriculture","measurability":"measurable","importance":"headline","deadline":"2019-05-26","deadlineType":"implied","status":"partial","rating":6,"ratingRule":"partial_75","provisional":false,"confidence":"low","reason":"Budget 2018 declared that MSP of kharif crops would be at least 1.5 times the production cost; the source notes it is unclear which cost definition was used. Critics say the cost basis (A2+FL, not the fuller C2) falls short of the Swaminathan formula; I could not open a source confirming this, so confidence is low.","evidence":[{"date":"2018-02-01","sourceType":"other","publisher":"Wikipedia","title":"Minimum support price","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_support_price","quote":"MSP of Kharif crops will be 50% more the production cost (2018 entry); there are a number of different ways MSP is calculated and it is not always clear what is intended in the 2018 Union budget.","stance":"context"}],"tags":["msp","farmers"],"sensitive":false,"review":{"state":"ai_draft","draftedBy":"research-agent","draftedAt":"2026-10-04","reviewedBy":null,"approvedBy":null},"manifestoId":"bjp-ls-2014","partyId":"bjp","electionId":"ls-2014"}}