Minimum Support Price

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Farmer leaders address a press conference during their 'Delhi Chalo' march, at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border in Patiala district, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Centre to hold talks with farmers again

Defence minister Rajnath Singh was roped in to assist in finding a resolution to the issues of farmers

15 Feb 2024 1:37 AM

Farmers gather at the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border during their 'Delhi Chalo' march, in Patiala district, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (PTI Photo)

Farmers reject talks, gear up for long battle to reach Delhi

Protesters hurl stones, cops fire in air, lob tear gas shells, dropped some from drones, to disperse crowds

14 Feb 2024 1:14 AM

The honest way of going about this important issue dealing with the challenges of agriculture is to tell the truth that the government is unable to pay the rising MSP bill. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | PM’s arguments on farm laws seem deeply flawed

The government is now telling a lie -- that farmers will get a better deal outside the mandi, which is not the case over the long term

17 Feb 2021 7:18 AM

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait (Image source: Twitter@RakeshTikaitBKU)

No 'ghar wapsi' till laws are repealed: Tikait

Government should frame a new legislation to assure the continuation of the minimum support price

07 Feb 2021 6:56 PM

Farmers leaders during a meeting with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar (unseen) and Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (unseen) over the new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Wednesday, December. 30, 2020. (PTI)

Government hopes 7th round of talks will end on positive note today

04 Jan 2021 7:02 AM

Talks deadlocked over repeal of agricultural laws

Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar has assured the farmers’ unions that MSP and the mandi system will continue like before

31 Dec 2020 11:01 AM

Farmers during a protest against the three agri laws at the Ghazipur-Delhi border on Monday. (PTI)

Protesting farmers take a hard stand ahead of next round of talks

The unions have deferred their proposed tractor march till Thursday, so that the rally does not clash with their talks with the government

30 Dec 2020 11:17 AM

To make farming profitable, two things need to happen. One is that fewer people be involved in it, and the other is that farm produce gets higher prices (PTI)

Mohan Guruswamy | Farmers’ stir link with rural distress tenuous

The suicide rate in India, an agrarian economy, was 13 per 100,000, the rate in industrialised, rich countries was often higher

29 Dec 2020 4:06 AM

Members of various farmer organisations protest against the Central Government over agriculture related ordinances, in Patiala. — PTI photo

Govt hikes MSP for six rabi crops to woo farmers

Higher MSP will empower farmers and contribute to doubling of their income, tweeted PM Modi

22 Sep 2020 12:29 PM

Cotton yarn exports are declining at an alarming rate as the shipments shrunk by 50 per cent in June and 35 per cent in the June quarter.

Cotton yarn exports decline 35 per cent in June quarter

According to the yarn producers, lower demand from both export markets and the domestic market has hit the industry.

02 Aug 2019 2:33 AM

Some of the major reasons among the farmers’ anger is the discrepancy in various clauses of the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013.

Farm loans, MSP top priorities

Farmers also even allege that only around 45 per cent of claims have been disbursed by insurance companies.

19 May 2019 2:31 AM

India's wheat output is expected to scale a record high this year. (Photo: PTI)

customs duty, wheat, wheat imports, minimum support price, MSP

The government wants to restrict overseas purchase so that domestic prices of wheat do not come under pressure.

28 Apr 2019 3:18 PM

The Indian Sugar Mills Association (Isma), on its part, is of the view that the hike in MSP was mainly aimed at addressing the issue of mounting cane arrears.

Wholesale sugar prices seen increasing to Rs 34/kg this year

This will also bridge the gap between domestic prices and the cost of production, analysts felt.

15 Apr 2019 1:38 AM

The release of the CCL would facilitate the state government in making timely payments to farmers against purchases of food grains in the current season

RBI clears Rs 19,240 crore CCL for Punjab for Rabi marketing season

Central govt has fixed the MSP of wheat at Rs 1,840 per quintal, hiking it by Rs 105 from last year's Rs 1,735 per quintal.

30 Mar 2019 12:36 PM

Polling for the 17th Lok Sabha elections will be held in seven phases beginning from April 11 and will go on till May 19. (Image: ANI)

CPI-M releases manifesto, calls for scrapping of sedition law in present form

The party advocates reservation in jobs and education in private sector for SCs and STs.

28 Mar 2019 6:06 PM

FCI sells almost entire pulses stock of 2.98 lakh tonne

FCI is the central nodal agency that undertakes mainly the procurement and distribution of wheat and rice at the MSP.

11 Mar 2019 5:27 PM

With a high opening stock of 10.7 MT(2017-18: 3.9 MT), India is likely to end the season with a stock of around 11 MT (including a buffer stock of 3 MT). (Photo: Pixabay)

Sugar production may exceed demand of 26 MT in SS 2018-19

Sugar production is likely to decline to around 30 million tonne in SS 2018-19 from the record high of 32.3 million tonne in SS 2017-18.

25 Feb 2019 7:02 PM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Maharashtra farmers to get Rs 500 per quintal paddy bonus: Fadnavis

NDA govt at the Centre had last year hiked MSP of paddy by a sharp Rs 200 per quintal for the 2018-19 crop year.

24 Feb 2019 1:43 PM

On February 14, the government had announced a 7 per cent increase in the minimum support price to Rs 31 per kg from Rs 29 for sugar. (Representational image)

MSP hike to boost sugar mills' margins 300-400 bps: Report

This will lead to incremental domestic sales realisation of Rs 3,300 crore: Crisil.

20 Feb 2019 1:05 PM

The point is all governments seem to wake up only after four years and promise the moon only in poll season.

Populism cloud on state Budgets

Any support to farmers should be welcome as they provide the country with food security.

10 Feb 2019 12:00 AM

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