Cabinet raises Minimum Support Prices for 14 kharif cropsThe Union Cabinet has approved significant hikes in Minimum Support Prices for 14 Kharif crops for the 2026-27 marketing season. Sunflower ...
Govt clears UP potato buy at Rs 6,500/ton, hikes gram cap in Andhra PradeshThe government is stepping in to support farmers. Twenty lakh tonnes of potatoes will be bought in Uttar Pradesh. Gram procurement limits h...
Pulses prices jump up to 20%; tur, urad return to MSP levelsPulse prices are climbing after a year of falling. Tur, chana, and urad have seen significant increases. Tur and urad have reached minimum ...
Govt procures 3,40,000 tonnes of tur under price support schemeUnder the Price Support Scheme, the government has procured 3,40,000 tonnes of tur as of April 13, with Karnataka leading the procurement. ...
Govt urged to increase MSP of pigeon peas (tur dal)The MSP of tur is Rs 6600/quintal, which is lower than moong's MSP at Rs 7755/quintal. India is expected to import more quantities of tur d...
Wholesale prices of tur, gram decline by 8% to 20% in six monthsPulses are the only important food commodity, in which wholesale prices have declined by 8% to 20% during the past six months as a result o...
Chana dal and tur future prices fall below minimum support priceChana dal, which was selling at Rs 72/kg, is now selling at Rs 60/kg. The March futures are trading at Rs 4600/quintal as against MSP of Rs...
Govt tries to tweak policies to ensure market pays minimum support priceThe strategies being used by the government to keep prices around MSP level is tweaking import and export policies to maintain enough stock...
Tur and chana prices rule 15% to 20% below MSP, expected to decline furtherTraders said only strong government procurement operations can help tame a further fall in prices.
Import curbs may not help tur, chanaSowing of chana has increased by about 14% to about 100 lakh hectare as on December 22.
Traders want import cap on moong, uradThe Commerce Ministry issued a notification on August 5, making changes in the import policy of tur.
Karnataka tur farmers get highest priceKarnataka has seen a bumper tur crop, like the rest of the country, and has procured a record 3,44,157 tonnes this year from the farmers.
- Opposition, farmers criticise Maharashtra government deadline for Tur buying
The Maharashtra government is facing brickbats from opposition parties and farmers' organisations for its decision to not procure tur from ...
Food Ministry favours hike in tur dal import duty to 25%Paswan's comments follow a meeting with Maharashtra CM Devender Fadnavis who sought hike in customs duty on tur dal saying farmers are stru...
Farmers expect to get good returns from pulses as new crop ready to hit marketsFresh crop has slowly started reaching mandis in growing areas and prices are ruling between Rs 90/kg and Rs 100/kg as against about Rs 50/...
CCEA may consider hike in paddy MSP by Rs 60/qtl tomorrowThe CCEA is likely to consider tomorrow a proposal to increase the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy by Rs 60 at Rs 1,310 per quintal fo...
- CACP revises price of pulses; proposes up to Rs 900 per quintal jump
The Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices has lowered its suggested support price for moong and tur by up to Rs 150 to Rs 4,400 a qui...