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| Chhattisgarh announces bonus for paddy at MSP | 20-NOV-09 |
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| In a move aimed at boosting paddy procurement in the state, Chhattisgarh government today announced a bonus of Rs 50 per quintal for paddy purchased at the minimum support price (MSP). |
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| Area under wheat in Punjab to touch 35.20 lakh hectares | 13-NOV-09 |
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| There might be political uproar over the meager revision of MSP of wheat (Rs 20 per quintal hike), but the farmers in Punjab are firm on expanding the area under wheat cultivation. The state agriculture department is hopeful that this year also the total area under wheat would surpass the designated target of 35.20 lakh hectares. |
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| Chhattisgarh procures 1.24 lakh MT paddy | 12-NOV-09 |
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| The procurement of paddy for the minimum support price (MSP) has started on October 12 and will continue till January 31, 2010. The state marketing federation has set up 1,577 procurement centres across the state to purchase paddy. |
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| Punjab rejects wheat MSP fixed by Centre | 06-NOV-09 |
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| Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today rejected the hike of Rs 20 per quintal in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for wheat by the Centre, raising it to Rs 1,100 from last year’s Rs 1,080 per quintal. He described it as ‘woefully inadequate and unjustified’. |
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| Punjab cotton growers reap rich harvest | 29-OCT-09 |
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| This year again there is windfall gain for the cotton growers of Punjab. The average price of medium staple cotton in the state is ruling above MSP of Rs 2,800 per quintal in different mandis of the state. Analysts feel in coming days the price of cotton would further surge. |
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| Maran calls for upward revision of 22% in raw jute MSP | 08-OCT-09 |
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| The Ministry of Textiles is backing a 22 per cent upward revision of the minimum support price (MSP) for raw jute with an eye on increasing the overall productivity of the fibre and augmenting the area under cultivation. |
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| Govt to increase MSP for raw jute: Maran | 07-OCT-09 |
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| Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran today said the government is in favour of increasing the minimum support price (MSP) for raw jute by at least Rs 300 per quintal. |
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| Textile Ministry gives Rs 3,500 crore subsidy to farmers through MSP | 05-OCT-09 |
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| Through the minimum support price (MSP) in cotton, the Ministry of Textiles has disbursed around Rs 3,500 crore worth subsidy to farmers. Moreover, the MSP also was the reason in an increase in area under cultivation of cotton by 7-8 per cent to 100 lakh hectares, said JN Singh, joint secretary, Ministry of Textiles. |
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| Govt's subsidy burden to rise on cotton MSP hike | 03-OCT-09 |
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| The subsidy burden of the government is likely to shoot up this fiscal due to hike in Minimum Support Price as acreage under the crop is expected to cross 100 lakh hectare-mark in the country, a top official said here today. |
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| Cotton exports decline 55% in 2008-09 | 01-OCT-09 |
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| India’s cotton exports in 2008-09 season, which ends today, are estimated to have plummeted by a whopping 55 per cent to about 38 lakh bales due to higher prices in the domestic market. |
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