Centre raises MSP for Copra for 2025 season
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, on Friday, gave its approval to the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for copra for 2025 season.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, on Friday, gave its approval to the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for copra for 2025 season.
A total of 6.41 LMT of pulses of Rs 4,820 crore of MSP value were procured from 2.75 lakh farmers during the Rabi 2023-24 season. This included procurement of 2.49 LMT of Masoor, 43,000 MT of Chana and 3.48 LMT of Moong at MSP to support the farmers.
Protesting farmers, whose bid to enter Haryana in support of their long-pending demands was foiled thrice, will halt trains in Punjab on Wednesday to lodge their protest and press their demands for a legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP) for crops among other things.
SAD leader and Bathinda MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday appealed to the Union government to accept the demands of the farmers, including making MSP a legal guarantee, to save the life of Kisan leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal whose fast unto death has entered the 21st day.
Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shyam Singh Rana on Monday said Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann should follow his Haryana counterpart and promptly resolve the issues of protesting farmers.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the increase in minimum support prices (MSP) for all mandated Rabi crops for marketing season 2025-26.
Mr Gandhi said his expectation was this Budget would favour farmers, youth, labour and small businesses, but this was nowhere evident. He said the Budget “Halwa” ceremony picture had no Dalits or backwards and this also proved the Budget’s sweetness was meant for just a few.
Clarifying a question about the purchase of millet during the Question Hour in the Assembly, he stated that the state government has sent a letter to the central government in this regard.
Yadav, a first time MP from Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, also advocated for a nationwide caste census.
In the lead-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the debate over the Minimum Support Price (MSP) has taken centre stage, reflecting the deep-seated concerns of India’s agrarian community.
