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The MSP for ’milling copra’ has been increased by Rs 420 to Rs 11,582 per quintal, while for ’ball copra’ by Rs 100 to Rs 12,100 per quintal for 2025, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters.
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This decision aims to support the agricultural sector by enhancing FCI’s operational and financial strength, reflecting the government's commitment to empowering farmers and reinforcing India’s agrarian economy.
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In a statement issued here, Badal accused the government of running away from its responsibility. Due to this, the farmers are being forced to sell their produce at Rs 500 to Rs 600 per quintal to private traders, he claimed.
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Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said even as the BJP dispensation is patting its back for MSPs, it has in fact ”duped the farmers” and claimed that their hard labour has got lost in the lights of Diwali.
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The committee, headed by former agriculture secretary Sanjay Agrawal, discussed on ways to ”promote zero budget based farming”, to ”change” crop patterns keeping in mind the changing needs of the country, and to make MSP more ”effective and transparent”.
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The panel, headed by former agriculture secretary Sanjay Agrawal, will have 26 members including farmer representatives, agri-scientists and agri economists as well as officials from central and state government, a notification issued by the Ministry of Agriculture said.
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The government on Monday formed a committee on Minimum Support Price (MSP), eight months after it promised to set up such a panel while withdrawing the three contentious farm laws.
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The growth in sales in the previous month came as the demand for advanced tractors continues to see an uptick across the industry, it said in the statement.
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Global buyers have turned to India, the second-largest producer of wheat, after the onset of the Russia-Ukraine war. Russia and Ukraine together accounted for 30% of the global wheat supply.
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the MSP for raw jute for the 2022-23 season.
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In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Friday said, "the subject of compensation, etc. to the families of the deceased farmers in the farmers movement is with the concerned state governments”.
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The committee will have representatives from the Centre, state governments, farmers, agricultural scientists, and agricultural economists, Modi said.
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Varun Gandhi also demanded a legal guarantee for the minimum support price (MSP), also one of the demands of farmer unions protesting against three farm laws, saying farmers will continue to be exploited in 'mandis' (markets for agricultural produce) as long as this is not done.
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The procurement has reached an all-time high, as it has exceeded previous high of 389.92 lakh tonnes achieved in the entire RMS 2020-21, an official statement said.
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Darshan Pal, a senior member of the Samkyukta Kisan Morcha which is spearheading the going protest, said farmer unions stand firm on the demand of repeal of three agri laws.
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Nodal agencies like FCI and others have also procured 217,449 MT of moong, urad, groundnut pods and soybean having an MSP value of Rs 1164.71 crore.
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Farmers' leaders told the government to focus on resolving the issues instead of trying to be a good host by offering lunch, Shinde said.
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Kerala's MSP: The initiative is fraught with challenges, but there is a fighting chance of success
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Speaking at a virtual event, Manpreet Badal said the Centre should not tinker with the existing system of the minimum support price (MSP) and procurement as it has stood the test of time.
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Rajnath Singh also hit out at Congress for the burning of a tractor by protesters from their youth wing, saying, "As a weapon is sacred to soldiers, so is a tractor for farmers and by burning them, they are insulting our farmers.”
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All over India, 42 lakh farmers have been benefitted and a total amount of about Rs 73,500 crore has been paid to them towards Minimum Support Price (MSP) for wheat, according to a Food Ministry statement.
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Delayed rains have affected sowing of pulses, particularly short-duration crops. Acreage may be much behind last year's level, particularly for tur dal
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Paddy is the main kharif crop, the sowing of which begins with the onset of southwest monsoons.
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The Marathas' call for greater representation in education and government jobs could be as much a product of the stress on the agrarian economy, as the role of age-old caste equations
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According to a research report by HDFC Bank, the extent of pick up in rural demand is dependent on a number of factors, as a good monsoon alone will not do the trick.
