kharif crops
Jaitley reveals formula for fixing MSP 50 pc over production cost
Govt will take A2+FL formula to determine cost of production of agri-crops and fix accordingly MSP.
Govt confident of higher GVA for agriculture sector in 2017-18
GVA of 'Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing' index for the year 2017-18 was estimated at 2.1 per cent.
Growth in food grain production likely to be lower this year
Slow progress on crop sowing means that there could be downside risks to its agriculture GVA growth forecast.
India to produce record level kharif crop in 2017-18
Agriculture Secretary Shobhana K Pattanayak said the overall acreage for all pulses is higher, except tur.
Govt hikes paddy MSP by Rs 80 per qtl, pulses by up to Rs 400 per qtl
Urad MSP is now Rs 5,400 per quintal against Rs 5,000 in the previous year.
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