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 |
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Sl. No. |
KHARIF CROPS |
MSP |
% Return over Cost |
1 |
PADDY(Common) |
1750 |
50.09 |
(Grade A) ^ |
1770 |
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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 |
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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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