Sun, Sep 03, 2023
Last Sunday, India also introduced additional safeguards on exports of basmati rice so as to prevent exports of non-basmati white rice, which is presently under the prohibited category.
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Wed, Aug 23, 2023
Food Secretary Sanjeev Chopra chaired a meeting of State Food Secretaries and Food Corporation of India (FCI) on August 21 to discuss the procurement arrangements for the Kharif crop in the ensuing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2023-24, which runs from October-September.
Tue, Aug 09, 2022
Apart from paddy, area sown with pulses is down marginally to 116.45 LH from 119.43 LH.
Thu, Jun 09, 2022
MSP of Kharif crops increased by 4-9%. Soybean MSP increased by Rs 350/quintal i.e. 9%. Sesame MSP increased by Rs 523/quintal. Paddy MSP increased by Rs 100 / quintal. Is the hike in MSP enough? What are the side effects of increasing MSP? Watch the biggest interview on MSP.
Wed, Jun 08, 2022
Today the Union Cabinet took a big decision in the interest of farmers. Union Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters that the MSP of 14 Kharif crops was approved in the meeting. With this, the MSP of Kharif crops for the crop year 2022-23 will now increase. Farmers will benefit a lot from this.
Wed, Jul 03, 2019
The government has raised the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy of 14 crops with the aim to boost farmers income for the 2019-20 crop season. The MSP of Paddy kharif crop, by 3.7 per cent to Rs 1,815 per quintal for the 2019-20 crop season, while the MSP for paddy has been increased by Rs 65 per quintal, Jowar by Rs 120 per quintal and Ragi by Rs 253 per quintal.
Wed, Jul 04, 2018
This is the highest ever single hike in paddy MSP, overshadowing Rs 170 per quintal announced by the previous UPA government in 2012-13 crop year. In the last four years, the NDA government has annually raised the paddy MSP between Rs 50-80 a quintal.
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