The procurement of Tur, Urad and Masur under Price Support Scheme (PSS) equivalent to 100% of the production of the state has been approved for the year 2024-25.
The Cotton Corporation of India Ltd (CCI) has successfully procured 525 lakh quintals of seed cotton, equivalent to 100 lakh bales, under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations during the current cotton season 2024-25, up to March 31.
Jagjit Singh Dallewal, a prominent farmer leader and the president of the Bhartiya Kisan Union (Ekta Sidhupur), ended his indefinite hunger strike on Sunday after 131 days.
India’s agrarian economy hinges on the Minimum Support Price (MSP), a policy designed to shield farmers from the unpredictability of market forces. According to the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), more than 50 per cent of Indian farmers are in debt, with a significant portion struggling to recover even their basic input costs.
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday appealed to all state governments to ensure that there is no purchase below minimum support price (MSP).
The wheat procurement by the Uttar Pradesh government for the Rabi marketing season 2025-26 will begin from tomorrow and continue until June 15 across 6,500 procurement centers.
The Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) Scheme has become a key driver for the central government's purchase of 100 percent of Tur, Urad, and Masoor production at MSP.
To ensure fair prices for farmers, the Gujarat government has initiated the procurement of cotton at the Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Procurement of pulses at the MSP by the Centre is in full swing with the approval for continuation of the integrated Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) Scheme during the 15th Finance Commission cycle up to 2025-26 to help farmers get higher prices for their produce, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare said on Monday.
Gujarat purchased 10 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of groundnuts from 298 lakh farmers at the minimum support price (MSP), according to state Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel.
