Insufficient MSP
The revision of Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for Rabi crops, while touted as a step toward fair pricing for farmers, falls short of delivering real benefits in the current economic climate.
The revision of Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for Rabi crops, while touted as a step toward fair pricing for farmers, falls short of delivering real benefits in the current economic climate.
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.
In view of nutritional requirements and changing dietary pattern and to achieve self-sufficiency in pulses and oilseeds production, the Government has fixed relatively higher MSP for these crops.
It may not have been a case of flattering to deceive, yet the agitation by farmers in the northern part…
For barley, the MSP is Rs 1,440 per quintal as against the production cost of Rs 860 per quintal, which gives a return of 67.4 per cent, he added.
With Punjab truckers boycotting the tender process for transporting grains from mandis to godowns, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on…
