Cabinet approves MSP hike for Rabi crops in 2025-26
The absolute highest increase in MSP has been announced for rapeseed and mustard at Rs 300 per quintal, followed by lentil (masur) at Rs 275 per quintal.
The absolute highest increase in MSP has been announced for rapeseed and mustard at Rs 300 per quintal, followed by lentil (masur) at Rs 275 per quintal.
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.
The move is aimed at not only managing stubble effectively but also benefiting farmers in terms of income, said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar.
In the ongoing Kharif marketing season of 2022-23 in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu, a total of 1,16,761 farmers have benefitted with minimum support price (MSP) value of Rs 2,356.30 crore.
The CM said without Punjabi representation the committee, with ‘armchair economists’ at helms of affairs, will not be able to do justice with the food growers of the country
The announcement of this committee was made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November last year, following protests by the farmers' Unions against three farm bills.
The Rajya Sabha MP said the BJP government is following the maxim “Nurturing a few industrial houses and exploitation of the peasant labour”. He accused the government of cheating the farmers.
