-The Hindu Business Line Millets such as ragi deserve higher support prices as they are important for nutrition and water efficiency The CACP recommendations on Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for the mandated six Rabi Crops — wheat, barley, gram, lentil, rapeseed and mustard, and safflower — are arrived by considering several factors. These include the cost of production, supply and demand situation of various Crops in domestic and global markets, domestic and world...
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Will the government’s MSP calculations hold? -Roshan Kishore
-Hindustan Times There is good reason to ask whether the latest MSP hike will be enough to meet the government’s requirements. Open market prices of wheat are quite high and the government has already eaten into its excess stocks. The Union Cabinet announced the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat and other Rabi (winter) Crops for the 2023-24 Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) on Tuesday. For wheat, the most important Rabi crop from...
More »Wheat MSP hiked by Rs 110/quintal
-The Tribune New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today approved a hike of up to 9 per cent in the minimum support price (MSP) of six rabi Crops for next year’s marketing season, with a Rs 110 per quintal increase for wheat to boost domestic production and the income of farmers. The wheat MSP has been raised from Rs 2,015 to Rs 2,125 a quintal, a hike of 5.46 per cent. The highest...
More »Rice and wheat stocks dip by 37 per cent -R Suryamurthy
-The Telegraph Monthly economic review of finance ministry says that there is no 'room for complacency on inflation front' The rice and wheat stocks of the central government have shrunk alarmingly by as much as 37 per cent in a year as rising food inflation signals growing shortages in the economy. Wheat and rice stocks in government-owned godowns stood at 511.36 lakh tonnes on October 1, data from the Food Corporation of India...
More »Chhattisgarh government to procure pulses at Minimum Support Price -Ritesh Mishra
-Hindustan Times Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said the procurement of the pulses at support price will boost income of farmers RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Monday launched the procurement drive of pulses, urad, arhar, and moong at Minimum Support Price (MSP) at 20 procurement centres across the state, underlining that the move will encourage farmers to grow pulses and promote the cultivation of pulses in the state. “The procurement of...
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