Rajasthan govt aims to boost farmers' income through MSP procurement

Rajasthan's MSP drive expands as over 5 lakh farmers benefit from ₹8,191 crore in procurements, ensuring assured income and relief from market volatility.

The Minimum Support Price (MSP) procurement scheme is being implemented across Rajasthan to ensure farmers receive fair prices for their produce, enabling large-scale procurement of agricultural commodities from farmers, said Rajasthan’s Minister for Cooperative Gautam Kumar Dak. 

“This large-scale procurement at the support price is relieving farmers from market uncertainties and providing them with assured income,” the minister said. 

Minister of State for Cooperatives (Independent Charge), Gautam Kumar Dak, said that farmers have benefited directly by purchasing proportionately more commodities at the MSP. He claimed that produce worth ₹8,191 crore has been procured from around 500,000 farmers. Furthermore, a large number of farmers are registering to sell their agricultural commodities at the MSP for the Kharif 2025 season. 

According to the minister, farmers have benefited more from the scheme in less than two years under the current government as compared to the previous government. For example, he said, 390,000 metric tonnes (mt) of moong were purchased from farmers for ₹2,827 crore during the previous government’s tenure, while  200,000 mt have been purchased for ₹1,720 crore by the current government. 

He said that the registration process for the purchase of moong, groundnut, urad, and soybeans for the Kharif 2025 season has been initiated, and procurement of commodities from farmers will commence soon.