New Delhi: Ahead of the assembly polls in key wheat growing states, the government on Wednesday announced an increase in the minimum support price of wheat by Rs 150 to Rs 2,275 per quintal for the 2024-25 marketing season. Currently, the MSP of wheat stands at Rs 2,125 per quintal for the 2023-24 marketing season. The MSP of wheat has …
October 18, 2023 05:03 pm | Updated 05:39 pm IST - New Delhi Ahead of assembly polls in key wheat growing states, the government on Wednesday announced an increase in the minimum support price of wheat by ₹150 to ₹2,275 per quintal for the 2024-25 marketing season. Currently, the MSP on wheat stands at ₹2,125 per quintal for the 2023-24 …
As farmers continue a long protest against the government’s agricultural reforms in the national capital, Nobel laureate and economist Abhijit Banerjee says the sector needs reforms but adds that the government should offer more transparent and ‘lucrative’ Minimum Support Price system for other sustainable crops as well besides just paddy crops. “High MSPs for paddy are a big part of …
As the farmers protest entered the fifteenth day, farmers groups from Punjab and Haryana on Wednesday turned down the Centre's offer of amendments in farm laws. In the financial year 2020, average wheat price in Punjab was Rs 2,038 per quintal, higher than any other states like Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. That's why Punjab farmers are not able to increase …
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