Government announces minimum support prices (MSPs) for 22 mandated crops and fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane on the basis of recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned and other relevant factors. The mandated crops are 14 crops of the kharif season viz. paddy, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, arhar, moong, urad, groundnut-in-shell, soyabean, sunflower, sesamum, nigerseed and cotton; 6 rabi crops viz. wheat, barley, gram, masur(lentil), rapeseed/mustard and safflower and two other commercial crops viz. jute and copra. In addition, the MSPs of toria and de-husked coconut are fixed on the basis of the MSPs of rapeseed/mustard and copra, respectively.
Government has announced its historic decision on 04.07.2018 to fix MSP at a level of at least 150 per cent of the cost of production for 14 kharif crops 2018-19 season which redeems the promise made in the Union Budget for 2018-19.
Earlier, the MSP fixed for Copra for 2018 and jute for 2018-19 are at level of 150 percent and 163.21 percent of cost of production respectively.
Statement indicating MSPs and return over cost of production for Kharif Crop of 2018-19 is at Annexure.
ANNEXURE
Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) and Return over Cost of Production
|
(Rs/quintal) Commodity
|
2018-19
|
|
Sl. No.
|
KHARIF CROPS
|
MSP
|
% Return over Cost
|
|
1
|
PADDY(Common)
|
1750
|
50.09
|
|
(Grade A) ^
|
1770
|
|
2
|
JOWAR (Hybrid)
|
2430
|
50.09
|
|
(Maldandi) ^
|
2450
|
|
3
|
BAJRA
|
1950
|
96.97
|
|
4
|
MAIZE
|
1700
|
50.31
|
|
5
|
RAGI
|
2897
|
50.01
|
|
6
|
ARHAR(Tur)
|
5675
|
65.36
|
|
7
|
MOONG
|
6975
|
50.00
|
|
8
|
URAD
|
5600
|
62.89
|
|
9
|
COTTON (Medium Staple)
|
5150
|
50.01
|
|
(Long Staple) ^
|
5450
|
|
10
|
GROUNDNUT IN SHELL
|
4890
|
50.00
|
|
11
|
SUNFLOWER SEED
|
5388
|
50.01
|
|
12
|
SOYABEEN
|
3399
|
50.01
|
|
13
|
SESAMUM
|
6249
|
50.01
|
|
14
|
NIGERSEED
|
5877
|
50.01
|
This was stated by Shri C.R.Chaudhary ,MoS ,Ministry of Consumer affairs,Food and Public distribution in a written reply in Rajya sabha today.
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