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Centre Approves MSP Hike For Copra To Rs 12,100 Per Quintal For 2025 Season
3 days, 1 hour ago

Centre Approves MSP Hike For Copra To Rs 12,100 Per Quintal For 2025 Season

ABP News  

The central government on Friday announced an increase in the minimum support price for copra for the 2025 season. The new MSP has been fixed at Rs 11,582 per quintal for milling copra and Rs 12,100 per quintal for ball copra, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced. Earlier, the MSP for milling copra was Rs 5250 per quintal and …

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Centre hikes MSP for copra for crop season 2025
3 days, 18 hours ago

Centre hikes MSP for copra for crop season 2025

New Indian Express  

As part of its pro-farmers stance since assuming power for its third term, the government on Friday approved an increase in the Minimum Support Price for copra for the 2025 season. The hike includes a rise of Rs 422 per quintal for milling copra and Rs 100 per quintal for ball copra. Briefing the media after the meeting of the …

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Odisha CM Launches Rs 800 Input Aid for Farmers
2 weeks, 1 day ago

Odisha CM Launches Rs 800 Input Aid for Farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Sunday launched an initiative to provide an additional input assistance of Rs 800 per quintal to paddy farmers, supplementing the minimum support price of Rs 2,300 per quintal. It is only fitting that we start this initiative here.” Majhi also took the opportunity to critique the policies of the previous administration, led …

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Odisha Minister Patra warns mill owners against purchase of paddy from farmers
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Odisha Minister Patra warns mill owners against purchase of paddy from farmers

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Food Supplies minister Krushna Chandra Patra on Saturday warned rice mill owners of serious consequences if they attempted to purchase paddy from farmers. Patra’s warning came following reports that some millers have been purchasing paddy directly from farmers at rates almost half of the enhanced minimum support price of Rs 3,100 per quintal. “It has come to the notice …

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Farmers in Trouble As MSP Denied: Harish
1 month ago

Farmers in Trouble As MSP Denied: Harish

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: BRS MLA and senior leader T. Harish Rao on Friday accused the Congress government of failing to ensure the Minimum Support Price for paddy, cotton, and chilli, which he said has caused financial distress to farmers in the state. Due to difficulties in selling their cotton at Cotton Corporation of India procurement centres, many farmers are forced to sell …

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Maharashtra polls: Will Marathwada spoil Mahayuti’s game again?
1 month ago

Maharashtra polls: Will Marathwada spoil Mahayuti’s game again?

Hindustan Times  

Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar/Beed: Marathwada, comprising eight districts in central Maharashtra, played a significant part in skewing the numbers against the ruling Mahayuti in the Lok Sabha elections six months ago. Marathwada, which has 46 assembly seats, has seen many stalwart leaders such as Raosaheb Danve, Pankaja Munde and Pratap Chikhalikar, backed by former chief minister Ashok Chavan, lose their seats …

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Jharkhand elections: Rahul Gandhi announces 7 guarantees: 'From 10 lakh jobs to Rs 2,500 for women' | WATCH
1 month ago

Jharkhand elections: Rahul Gandhi announces 7 guarantees: 'From 10 lakh jobs to Rs 2,500 for women' | WATCH

India TV News  

Jharkhand Assembly Election 2024: Lok Sabha LoP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced INDIA bloc's 'seven guarantees' ahead of the state elections scheduled on November 20. In the coming time when our government will be formed, our government will give Rs 3,200 per quintal to the farmers of Jharkhand for paddy. Rs 1.36 lakh crore belongs to the …

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Congress dusts off Chhattisgarh playbook to fight Mahayuti
1 month, 1 week ago

Congress dusts off Chhattisgarh playbook to fight Mahayuti

The Hindu  

The Congress party’s promise that it will disburse ₹7,000 per quintal for soya bean, if the Maha Vikas Aghadi is voted to power in Maharashtra, has made the Assembly election in the State a clash of two successful poll models of the recent past. For the Congress, the agrarian distress in Maharashtra and announcement of a generous bonus seem reminiscent …

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Odisha CM to release paddy input subsidy at Sohela on December 8
1 month, 1 week ago

Odisha CM to release paddy input subsidy at Sohela on December 8

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Advancing the date of paddy procurement of the kharif marketing season 2024-25 by a day to November 20, the state government on Wednesday decided to release the additional input subsidy of Rs 800 per quintal of paddy to farmers from December 8. Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi will release the subsidy along with the minimum support price of Rs …

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Kharif paddy purchase in Odisha's Malkangiri from December 16
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kharif paddy purchase in Odisha's Malkangiri from December 16

New Indian Express  

MALKANGIRI: Kharif paddy procurement in Malkangiri district will start from December 16 and continue till March 31. The decision was taken at the district-level paddy procurement meeting held under the chairmanship of collector Ashish Iswar Patil here on Friday. After procurement, the payment will be credited to the farmers’ accounts online by Bhubaneswar-based Odisha State Cooperative Bank within 24 to …

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Farmers seek higher procurement price for paddy from govt.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Farmers seek higher procurement price for paddy from govt.

The Hindu  

The Federation of State Farmers Association has sought a higher procurement price for paddy from the State government. The farmers demanded establishment of paddy procurement centres at taluk levels as well and Mr. Bhagyaraj pointed out that area under paddy cultivation across 20 districts was nearly 3 million hectares. The federation said the government should establish norms for paddy procurement …

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Maharashtra Assembly elections: Four lakh farmer deaths in 20 years but no farm waiver for 10 years in Maharashtra, says CPI (M) leader
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Maharashtra Assembly elections: Four lakh farmer deaths in 20 years but no farm waiver for 10 years in Maharashtra, says CPI (M) leader

The Hindu  

Farmers are at the centre of the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly election just as they were a key constituency during the Lok Sabha election earlier this year, and that is the main reason why the BJP faced a drubbing in the State, All India Kisan Mahasabha president Ashok Dhawale said on Wednesday, speaking at The Hindu’s Poll Arena conclave. “The anger …

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Onion prices burn hole in consumers’ pockets in Andhra Pradesh
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Onion prices burn hole in consumers’ pockets in Andhra Pradesh

New Indian Express  

KURNOOL: The prices of onions reached a new height in Kurnool agriculture market yard. With the increase in prices across the erstwhile Kurnool district, the consumers are severely impacted as onions are being sold at Rs 50 kg in Rythu Bazaars, more than a Rs 10 from a week ago. Decrease in area under onion cultivation has led to shortage …

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Centre assures early lifting of food grains Fixes ₹2,320 per quintal for grade ‘A’ paddy
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Centre assures early lifting of food grains Fixes ₹2,320 per quintal for grade ‘A’ paddy

Hindustan Times  

The Union government has given written assurance to create 40 lakh metric tonne space by December 2024, while providing movement for 15 LMT by October end in response to the state government’s demand for enough space for delivery of rice during kharif marketing season 2024-25. Responding to the issue raised by Punjab chief secretary Anurag Verma about shortage of space …

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Rice millers demand hike in milling fees
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rice millers demand hike in milling fees

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: The All Odisha Rice Millers Association has demanded the state government to increase the custom milling fee for rice along with transportation and storage charges of paddy at mills. Association president Mahesh Bansal said charges for transportation of paddy from mandis to mills and rice from mills to government-owned or rented warehouses along with paddy procured by the government …

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Punjab: Basmati growers’ body calls for minimum export price waiver as int’l sales plummet
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Punjab: Basmati growers’ body calls for minimum export price waiver as int’l sales plummet

Hindustan Times  

The basmati exporters association has urged the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority to waive the minimum export price on basmati rice in wake of the recent dip in international sales and price crash. “Despite the reduction, the export price is very high which is driving away international buyers,” said Ashok Sethi, director, basmati exporters association. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} …

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Odisha temple management to take decision on ‘arpan rice’
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha temple management to take decision on ‘arpan rice’

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: As a fresh controversy has broken out over the use of rice collected by ‘arpan raths’ during the previous BJD government, Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Saturday said a decision on it will be taken by the Srimandir management committee. The minister told mediapersons that the rice collected by the ‘arpan raths’ is not fit for use. Congress deputy …

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Dip in wheat procurement in MP, govt cites higher market price as reason
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Dip in wheat procurement in MP, govt cites higher market price as reason

Hindustan Times  

After securing record high procurement of wheat in India in 2021, Madhya Pradesh saw a 33% dip in 2024 as compared to 2023, the highest for any state in India, according to data provided by the state agricultural department. Farmers are getting ₹2,800 to ₹3,100 per quintal for the best quality Sharbati and Lokman wheat while the state government was …

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Farmers seek hike in production incentive for paddy
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers seek hike in production incentive for paddy

The Hindu  

As the State government works to speed up the distribution of dues to paddy farmers in Kuttanad, the calls to raise State production incentives to match the new minimum support price are now gaining momentum. At present, paddy farmers receive ₹28.12 per kg, which includes 12 paise for handling charges. Sonichan Pulinkunnu, general secretary of the Paddy Farmers’ Protection Council …

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India spends ₹2000 cr for Bharat product interventions to help moderate food prices
5 months, 3 weeks ago

India spends ₹2000 cr for Bharat product interventions to help moderate food prices

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Centre has spent nearly ₹2,000 crore on providing Bharat rice and wheat under the price stabilization fund scheme to help tame food inflation. The government launched Bharat atta at a subsidized price of ₹27.5 per kg after it announced the scheme in February 2023 at ₹29.5 a kg to keep prices in check. These two kitchen staples …

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Tamil Nadu CM Stalin increases paddy procurement incentives
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin increases paddy procurement incentives

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Chief Minister M K Stalin on Wednesday ordered an additional incentive for paddy procurement, following which revision, from September 1, farmers will receive Rs 2,450 per quintal for Grade-A paddy and Rs 2,405 per quintal for the common variety. The price revision follows the union government’s move last week, marginally increasing the minimum support price for kharif crops for …

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Karaikal farmers heave a sigh of relief as cotton prices improve
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Karaikal farmers heave a sigh of relief as cotton prices improve

The Hindu  

With cotton fetching more than the minimum support price on the first day of auction at the regulated market in Karaikal, farmers have something to cheer about as private traders were now forced to offer better rates in the open market. On Saturday, weekly cotton auction began at the Agriculture Department’s Regulated Market in the town and the price of …

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Cabinet approves MSP hikes for all 14 kharif season crops for the upcoming 2024-25 season
6 months ago

Cabinet approves MSP hikes for all 14 kharif season crops for the upcoming 2024-25 season

The Hindu  

The Union Cabinet gave its nod to raise the minimum support price for paddy by 5.35% to ₹2,300 per quintal for the upcoming 2024-25 kharif marketing season, a decision that comes ahead of Assembly elections in Haryana, Maharashtra, Jharkhand and Delhi. In the first major decision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term in office, the Cabinet approved MSP hikes …

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Govt Hikes Paddy MSP By Rs 117 To Rs 2,300 Per Quintal For 2024-25, Approves MSP For Total 14 Kharif Crops
6 months ago

Govt Hikes Paddy MSP By Rs 117 To Rs 2,300 Per Quintal For 2024-25, Approves MSP For Total 14 Kharif Crops

ABP News  

In a significant move ahead of crucial state assembly polls, the Indian government on Wednesday announced an increase in the minimum support price for paddy by 5.35 per cent to Rs 2,300 per quintal for the 2024-25 kharif marketing season. Despite managing a substantial surplus of rice, the government approved a Rs 117 per quintal hike in paddy support price. …

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