All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has strongly criticised the BJP-led NDA government over the Minimum Support Price (MSP) announced for Kharif crops for the 2026-27 season, alleging that the increase fails to match rising cultivation costs and deepening agrarian distress.
In a statement, AIKS said the newly announced MSPs were “insensitive to farmers’ plight” and ignored the sharp rise in input costs caused by the ongoing West Asian crisis. The organisation accused the Narendra Modi-led government of failing to implement the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission, which had recommended MSP at least 50 percent above the comprehensive cost of cultivation, commonly referred to as the C2+50% formula.
According to AIKS, the current MSP calculations continue to rely on A2+FL costs, which are significantly lower than comprehensive production costs faced by farmers. The organisation claimed that farmers would continue to suffer heavy losses if forced to sell crops at the newly announced MSPs.
AIKS alleged that prices of seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, diesel, electricity, irrigation and labour have risen sharply over the past year. It also claimed that fertilisers have started becoming scarce, while black marketing and hoarding are increasing amid the West Asian crisis. Referring to recent NCRB data, the organisation said farm suicides continue due to the ongoing agrarian crisis.
The farmers’ body highlighted large gaps between announced MSPs and what it termed “fair prices” under the C2+50% formula. For paddy, the MSP has been fixed at Rs 2,441 per quintal, whereas AIKS said the price should have been Rs 3,243 per quintal, implying a loss of Rs 802 per quintal to farmers.
Similarly, the organisation claimed maize farmers would lose Rs 585.5 per quintal, bajra growers Rs 634 and jowar cultivators Rs 1,173 per quintal under the current MSP structure.
In pulses and oilseeds, AIKS said arhar farmers could face losses of Rs 2,545 per quintal, while urad and moong growers may lose more than Rs 2,200 and Rs 1,850 per quintal respectively. The organisation also alleged that soybean, sunflower, sesamum, groundnut and cotton farmers would face substantial losses because MSPs remain below actual cultivation costs.
AIKS demanded a legal guarantee for MSP based on the C2+50% formula, expansion of public procurement infrastructure across states, reduction in input costs through subsidies and complete loan waivers for poor, landless and tenant farmers. The organisation also called on peasants and workers to unite against what it described as “pro-rich policies” favouring corporates and agribusiness companies.