Govt's paddy procurement reaches 741.62 lac tons so far in 2021-22 seasonThe Centre has procured 741.62 lakh tonne of paddy in the ongoing 2021-22 marketing year so far at the minimum support price (MSP), Union F...
28 Mar, 2022, 05.55 PM IST
Paddy procurement reaches 707.24 lakh tonne in 2021-22 season: Food Ministry"Till now, about 96.41 lakh farmers have been benefited with an MSP value of Rs 1,38,619.58 crore," the ministry said in a statement. A qua...
28 Feb, 2022, 05.48 PM IST
View: Minimum Support Price, a tricky tool from the pastTwice a year, the agriculture ministry announces MSP for all kharif (autumn) and rabi (spring) crops. The reasoning here is that MSP is off...
29 Nov, 2021, 11.22 PM IST
No rise in food grain prices for poor covered under NFSA: Piyush GoyalThe Economic Survey said that as the food subsidy bill is “becoming unmanageably large” and while it is difficult to reduce the economic co...
18 Feb, 2021, 08.08 PM IST
MSP tha, MSP hai aur MSP rahega, assures PM ModiPM Modi also said that the need of the hour is to improve the lives of the country's small farmers and the ruling National Democratic Allia...
08 Feb, 2021, 08.17 PM IST
Won't allow business over hunger; need law on MSP: Rakesh TikaitThe Bharatiya Kisan Union spokesperson's comments came soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address in the Rajya Sabha during which he...
08 Feb, 2021, 02.32 PM IST
Aadhaar to ensure farmers, not middlemen, get benefitsGovernment to begin a pilot project in four districts of Odisha this kharif harvest.
20 Aug, 2019, 07.12 AM IST
Agriculture crisis, lack of jobs: Focus of congress manifestoIt also promised immediate intervention for families affected by chit fund scams, prohibition in non-tribal areas, immediate absorption in ...
10 Nov, 2018, 06.48 AM IST
Union Cabinet approves new crop procurement policy, ethanol price risePrime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a new procurement policy in July shortly after the government announced the biggest ever hike in...
12 Sep, 2018, 05.57 PM IST
Government may announce Rs 10,000 crore scheme to ensure MSP to oilseeds growersUnder the proposed scheme, the government will pay to farmers the difference between the MSP and monthly average price of oilseeds quoted i...
09 Sep, 2018, 11.50 AM IST
MSP scheme better than farm loan waiver: SBI research reportAs per SBI Ecowrap report the combined cost for wheat, paddy, bajra and maize will be less than Rs 11,500 crore.
12 Feb, 2018, 05.46 PM IST
FM Arun Jaitley reveals formula for fixing MSP 50% over production costFM had announced in the Budget earlier this month that the government will fix the MSP of Kharif 2019 crops at least 1.5 times than the cos...
09 Feb, 2018, 09.41 PM IST
Government to save Rs 1,600 crore a year in foodgrain procurement post GSTOnly GST is being levied on procurement and not state taxes, resulting in 18% reduction in taxes on foodgrain procurement, Minister Ram Vil...
09 Feb, 2018, 05.38 PM IST
Tamil Nadu government hikes MSP for paddyThe Tamil Nadu government today announced enhancing the MSP for paddy for the current year's kharif season.
30 Sep, 2015, 03.21 PM IST
- Govt may import wheat yet again
There is a strong chance that India will again import wheat this year. The food ministry to decide on wheat imports by the last week of Feb...
08 Feb, 2007, 01.57 AM IST
- Wheat support price by month end
The Centre is likely to announce the MSP for wheat for the ’06-07 season by September end or early October, to synchronise with the early s...
16 Sep, 2006, 12.00 AM IST
- Ministry sets face against Cotton Corp divestment
The Textile Ministry has said that it is opposed to the disinvestment commission's proposal to privatise the Cotton Corporation of India , ...
27 Jan, 2003, 12.16 AM IST