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Centre hikes MSP for copra for crop season 2025
5 days, 13 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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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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Paddy purchase declines as farmers hold back in run-up to elections
1 year, 1 month ago

Paddy purchase declines as farmers hold back in run-up to elections

Live Mint  

Government procurement of paddy has fallen as farmers hold back on selling their crop, hoping for sops ahead of Assembly elections in five states this year. The union government, through the federal Food Corporation of India and state agencies, has procured 14.7 million tonnes of paddy in the ongoing kharif marketing season that started on 1 October, as against 15.9 …

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MSPs, dearness allowance raised ahead of elections
1 year, 2 months ago

MSPs, dearness allowance raised ahead of elections

Live Mint  

The Union cabinet approved a 2-7% increase in the minimum support price of six rabi crops and raised inflation-linked pay for central employees and pensioners ahead of key assembly and general elections, where farmers and government employees are influential voting blocs. The MSP increase for the 2024-25 rabi marketing season is in line with the government’s goal of doubling farmer …

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Onion prices surge at Kurnool wholesale market
1 year, 3 months ago

Onion prices surge at Kurnool wholesale market

Deccan Chronicle  

KURNOOL: In just one month following monsoon rains, wholesale onion prices in Kurnool have experienced a significant surge. Due to untimely rains causing a dip in production, their wholesale prices have shot up by ₹30 per kg this week. The surge in onion prices is expected to continue till the end of November, primarily due to the low productivity of …

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Centre hikes kharif crop MSPs, ₹143 increase for paddy
1 year, 6 months ago

Centre hikes kharif crop MSPs, ₹143 increase for paddy

The Hindu  

The Centre has set the Minimum Support Price for paddy sown in the kharif or monsoon season at ₹2,183 per quintal, a hike of ₹143 per quintal in comparison to last year. The MSP for moong is ₹8,558 per quintal, an increase of ₹803 from last year, one of the highest increases among kharif crops. For ragi, this year’s MSP …

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Wheat arrival picks up in Punjab mandis
1 year, 8 months ago

Wheat arrival picks up in Punjab mandis

Hindustan Times  

Arrival of freshly-harvested wheat in Punjab on Wednesday saw a sudden rise with 1.67 lakh tonne of wheat arrived in the state mandis. Punjab govt will bear value cut imposed on damaged crop: CM Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced that the state government would own the value cut imposed on wheat crop damaged due to rain, winds and …

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Each grain of wheat will be procured: Haryana CM Khattar
1 year, 8 months ago

Each grain of wheat will be procured: Haryana CM Khattar

Hindustan Times  

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday assured the cultivators that “each grain of wheat” will be procured at the minimum support price of ₹2,125 per quintal. Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday assured the cultivators that “each grain of wheat” will be procured at the minimum support price of ₹ 2,125 per quintal. Expressing gratitude to the …

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Farmer distress: falling prices, failing hopes
1 year, 9 months ago

Farmer distress: falling prices, failing hopes

The Hindu  

On March 1, the Kokine brothers, Pandurang Bhaurao and Gyaneshwar Bhaurao, headed out in a mini truck loaded with onions to Lasalgaon, about 60 km away. Questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, Mr. Dighole said, “Instead, expenditure, including prices of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides have doubled in the last couple of years; income has come …

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Take more steps to prevent farmer suicides, Revanth to KCR
1 year, 11 months ago

Take more steps to prevent farmer suicides, Revanth to KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Alleging that 7,069 farmers had committed suicide in the state since 2014, TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy on Saturday demanded that tenant farmers be given due recognition in all government schemes as almost 80 percent of those who ended their lives were from this category. In an open letter addressed to Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Congress leader …

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Centre rules out an increase in MSP for cotton, but farmers seek more
2 years ago

Centre rules out an increase in MSP for cotton, but farmers seek more

The Hindu  

While cotton farmers in several States have demanded an increase in the minimum support price of the crop, the Centre has said that it is “watching” the cotton production scenario and decide accordingly. We are fully ready to come into MSP,” the official said, adding that the Cotton Corporation of India will also start procurement if the market is unable …

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Congress attacks Modi government over Rozgar Mela and MSP for Rabi crops
2 years, 2 months ago

Congress attacks Modi government over Rozgar Mela and MSP for Rabi crops

The Hindu  

The Congress on Saturday described the Rozgar Mela by the Narendra Modi government as "event baazi by the jumla king" and asked when would the Prime Minister honour his promise of 16 crore jobs. In a series of tweets, party general secretary Randeep Surjewala targeted the Modi government over the Minimum Support Price for rabi crops and said it was …

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What is Minimum Support Price, or MSP?
3 years ago

What is Minimum Support Price, or MSP?

Business Standard  

MSPs are the prices at which the government procures certain crops from farmers to insure them against any sharp fall in prices. Based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, the government declares MSP after considering the views of state governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned for agricultural crops such as cereal, pulses, oilseeds and commercial crops …

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Govt Hikes Wheat MSP by Rs 40 to Rs 2,015 Per Quintal for 2021-22 Crop Year
3 years, 3 months ago

Govt Hikes Wheat MSP by Rs 40 to Rs 2,015 Per Quintal for 2021-22 Crop Year

News 18  

New Delhi: The government on Wednesday hiked the minimum support price for wheat by Rs 40 to Rs 2,015 per quintal and for mustard seed by Rs 400 to Rs 5,050 per quintal for the current crop year. According to an official release, the CCEA has approved increase in the MSP for six rabi crops for the 2021-22 crop year …

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Modi Govt hikes wheat MSP to Rs 2,015 per quintal amid ongoing farmers' protest
3 years, 3 months ago

Modi Govt hikes wheat MSP to Rs 2,015 per quintal amid ongoing farmers' protest

India TV News  

Rabi crop MSP: The government on Wednesday hiked the minimum support price for wheat by Rs 40 to Rs 2,015 per quintal and for mustard seed by Rs 400 to Rs 5,050 per quintal for the current crop year in order to boost crop area as well as income of farmers. Wheat MSP has been increased by Rs 40 to …

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Cabinet clears hike in kharif crop MSPs
3 years, 6 months ago

Cabinet clears hike in kharif crop MSPs

Hindustan Times  

The Union Cabinet has raised minimum support prices of summer-sown crops, increasing them by 1.8% and 6.7%, in keeping with a policy to offer farmers at least 50% returns over the cost of cultivation, agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Wednesday. MSPs are federally fixed floor prices for crops for government purchases aimed at avoiding distress sale by farmers …

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MSP hike to boost farmers’ income, improve living standards, says PM Modi
3 years, 6 months ago

MSP hike to boost farmers’ income, improve living standards, says PM Modi

Live Mint  

With the Centre hiking the MSP of several crops on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the move will boost farmers' income and improve their living standards. The support price of maize has been increased marginally by ₹20 to ₹1,870 per quintal for the 2021-22 crop year from ₹1,850 per quintal last year. The moong support price has been increased …

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Centre hikes MSP for kharif crops for 2021-2022; check new prices for paddy, pules, oilseeds here
3 years, 6 months ago

Centre hikes MSP for kharif crops for 2021-2022; check new prices for paddy, pules, oilseeds here

Firstpost  

Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said the Cabinet has approved the MSP of 14 kharif crops and farmers would get 50 to 85 percent returns over their cost of production New Delhi: The government on Wednesday raised the minimum support price of paddy marginally by Rs 72 per quintal to Rs 1,940 per quintal for the 2021-22 crop year, while …

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Company Buys Paddy from MP Farmers at Agreed upon Price after SDM Intervention under New Farm Laws
4 years ago

Company Buys Paddy from MP Farmers at Agreed upon Price after SDM Intervention under New Farm Laws

News 18  

Administration in Madhya Pradesh’s Hoshangabad has made a New Delhi-based private company buy paddy from local farmers at the rate fixed by both the parties under an agreement earlier this year after the company refused to make the purchase as per the agreed upon price. Fortune Rice Limited New Delhi had signed a deal with farmers of Bhuakhedi and nearby …

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Govt Hikes Support Prices for Wheat, Five Other Rabi Crops
4 years, 3 months ago

Govt Hikes Support Prices for Wheat, Five Other Rabi Crops

News 18  

The government on Monday hiked the minimum price for buying six rabi crops, including wheat, by up to six per cent, as it sought to send a strong message to farmers on continuation of MSP-based procurement system. The MSP of wheat, the biggest crop of rabi season, has been hiked by Rs 50 to Rs 1,975 per quintal, Agriculture Minister …

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Madhya Pradesh: Marketing privatisation
4 years, 5 months ago

Madhya Pradesh: Marketing privatisation

The Hindu  

Two recent ordinances passed by the Central government relating to agriculture have attracted criticism from farmers’ bodies across India, which fear that the move is aimed at benefitting big companies and will deprive them of the minimum support price for their yields. He said that farmers had suffered staggering losses because of the lockdown, and the experiences of farmers in …

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Centre hikes support prices of kharif crops
4 years, 6 months ago

Centre hikes support prices of kharif crops

Live Mint  

The central government on Monday announced minimum support prices of 14 kharif crops, planting for which will begin shortly with the progress of the annual monsoon. For rice, the main kharif crop, the Centre has fixed MSP at ₹1,868 per quintal, an increase of ₹53 over last year. Among pulses, MSP of arhar or pigeon pea was fixed at ₹6,000 …

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