Tag: MSP

ELECTIONS 2024
How impactful will farmers' issues resonate in the Maharashtra elections?

How impactful will farmers' issues resonate in the Maharashtra elections?

The political discourse around soybean and cotton highlights the growing awareness...

States
Punjab paddy procurement in full swing, 50% harvesting completed

Punjab paddy procurement in full swing, 50% harvesting completed

According to the ministry, about 90.69 LT of paddy arrived in mandis across Punjab...

Agribusiness
ISMA calls for formula-based increase in MSP of sugar to Rs 39.14 per kg

ISMA calls for formula-based increase in MSP of sugar to Rs 39.14 per kg

The apex body of India's sugar and bio-energy industry has requested an increase...

States
Strict action against farm fire in Haryana, 14 farmers arrested

Strict action against farm fire in Haryana, 14 farmers arrested

This year 653 cases of stubble burning have been reported in Haryana from 15 September...

Opinion
Farmers Get Third of Veggies' Retail Price, Middlemen & Retailers Gain from Price Spikes

Farmers Get Third of Veggies' Retail Price, Middlemen & Retailers Gain from Price Spikes

Farmers receive approximately 33% of consumer price for tomatoes, 36% for onions...

National
Cabinet approves MSP for Rabi crops, Rs 150 hike in wheat MSP

Cabinet approves MSP for Rabi crops, Rs 150 hike in wheat MSP

In terms of percentage, the MSP of wheat raised by 6.59 percent. The highest increase...

States
Moong farmers of Madhya Pradesh to struggle as selling produce at MSP becomes difficult

Moong farmers of Madhya Pradesh to struggle as selling produce at MSP becomes difficult

Farmers across the state have taken to the streets, protesting the incomplete procurement...

Latest News
Cabinet approves MSP for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2024-25, MSP for Paddy up by 117 per quintal

Cabinet approves MSP for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2024-25, MSP for Paddy up by 117 per quintal

The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved the...

Cooperatives
NFCSF Urges Government to Raise Minimum Selling Price of Sugar to Rs. 42 per kg

NFCSF Urges Government to Raise Minimum Selling Price of Sugar to Rs. 42 per kg

National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories (NFCSF) urged the Centre to increase...

Opinion
Will Shivraj Singh Chouhan bring back luster to the Ministry of Agriculture?

Will Shivraj Singh Chouhan bring back luster to the Ministry of Agriculture?

If the results of the Lok Sabha elections have taught the biggest lesson to the...

National
Wheat procurement crosses last year’s total procurement

Wheat procurement crosses last year’s total procurement

Procurement of Wheat during RMS 2024-25 is going on smoothly in the major procuring...

National
Why import of wheat may become inevitable in a year of 'record production'

Why import of wheat may become inevitable in a year of 'record production'

The central government has estimated a record production of 112 million tonnes of...

ELECTIONS 2024
MSP hogs political limelight in election manifestos, impact of farmers’ protest

MSP hogs political limelight in election manifestos, impact of farmers’ protest

After the farmers' agitation in 2020-21 against the three agricultural laws, the...

National
Centre asks states to monitor imported yellow peas, other pulses stocks

Centre asks states to monitor imported yellow peas, other pulses stocks

To ensure market availability, the Centre has directed state governments to step...

Agribusiness
Govt starts procurement of gram, may pay farmers more than MSP

Govt starts procurement of gram, may pay farmers more than MSP

The Central Government has started purchasing gram from farmers at Minimum Support...