Tag: MSP

Opinion
Inflation: Pain points for households, existential risk for small businesses, farmers

Inflation: Pain points for households, existential risk for small businesses, farmers

What baffles us is this: the industry is not able to produce because of demand contraction....

Opinion
Wheat export ban: Farmers suffer financial losses, and India a loss of face

Wheat export ban: Farmers suffer financial losses, and India a loss of face

India’s ban on wheat exports is a classic example of an administrative faux pas...

National
Impact of prohibiting export: Wheat prices go below MSP in MP mandis

Impact of prohibiting export: Wheat prices go below MSP in MP mandis

Prohibiting wheat export has begun to have an impact on its prices in the domestic...

National
Congress Chintan Shivir proposes legal guarantee for MSP and Farmer Debt Relief Commission

Congress Chintan Shivir proposes legal guarantee for MSP and Farmer Debt Relief Commission

The proposal says that MSP should be fixed at “C2 cost + 50 per cent profit”. That...

National
MSP of maize has been increased by 43 per cent in last eight years: Tomar

MSP of maize has been increased by 43 per cent in last eight years: Tomar

Addressing the 8th edition of India Maize Summit 2022, organized by FICCI, Tomar...

States
UP looking to double maize output in 5 years

UP looking to double maize output in 5 years

To boost the rural economy, the UP government is targeting almost double the maize...

National
Public procurement of wheat reaches only 177.57 lt

Public procurement of wheat reaches only 177.57 lt

The Union government has estimated that the public procurement of wheat may end...

National
Bhupinder Singh Hooda meets farmer organizations before Congress Chintan Shivir

Bhupinder Singh Hooda meets farmer organizations before Congress Chintan Shivir

Former Haryana chief minister and opposition leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda met the...

National
Public procurement of wheat to be at 13-year low, may remain lower than old stocks in central pool

Public procurement of wheat to be at 13-year low, may remain lower than old stocks in central pool

According to the government, the public procurement of wheat may end up at about...

National
Wheat with up to 20 per cent shrivelled grains may be procured at full MSP, proposal under govt consideration

Wheat with up to 20 per cent shrivelled grains may be procured at full MSP, proposal under govt consideration

The Union government is considering the proposal that if the shrivelled grain percentage...

National
109.78 lt wheat procured so far; fear of decline in production may ruin huge export possibilities

109.78 lt wheat procured so far; fear of decline in production may ruin huge export possibilities

According to the FCI, a total of 109.78 lt of wheat has been procured in the country...

National
Market prices low; farmers selling their gram at govt procurement centres only; MP raises ceiling for sale per farmer

Market prices low; farmers selling their gram at govt procurement centres only; MP raises ceiling for sale per farmer

The MSP for gram is Rs 5,230 per quintal. It is selling at Rs 4,300-Rs 4,825 per...

National
Wheat stocks at three-year low in central pool; prices higher than MSP in MP

Wheat stocks at three-year low in central pool; prices higher than MSP in MP

The wheat stocks have reached a three-year low in the central pool. Despite the...

National
Mustard prices cross Rs 7,000 per quintal in many mandis

Mustard prices cross Rs 7,000 per quintal in many mandis

The prices have gone up to Rs 7,000-7,500 per quintal in many of the mandis of the...

National
Good news again for mustard farmers this year; market prices up to 50 per cent higher than MSP

Good news again for mustard farmers this year; market prices up to 50 per cent higher than MSP

The government has fixed the minimum support price (MSP) for mustard this year at...

National
SC committee felt repeal of farm laws would be unfair; its report reveals most farmer organizations supported the laws

SC committee felt repeal of farm laws would be unfair; its report reveals most farmer organizations supported the laws

According to Ghanwat, had the Supreme Court published the Report upon its receipt,...