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Oppn demands law on MSP, debate on snooping row, price rise in Parliament

Defence Minister and Deputy Leader of Lok Sabha Rajnath Singh sought cooperation from all parties for productive and smooth functioning of the House

Not possible to make a law on MSP, says Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has said that "it is not possible" to make a law on MSP (Minimum Support Prices).

Repeal of farm laws 'defeat of arrogance'; now Centre should fix MSP: Lalu

He was addressing supporters on the occasion of the RJD's 25th foundation day

Covid LIVE: Europe could face another 700k deaths by next spring, says WHO

WHO Europe called on people to get vaccinated and respect proper hygiene and practice social distancing to help stop the spread of the virus

Govt's 'sinister' design to end MSP, food security, PDS to continue: Sidhu

Sidhu alleged even after the rollback of farm laws, the Centre's "sinister" plan to end assured price, food security for the poor, government procurement and public distribution system will continue.

Farm Laws: BKU hometown Muzaffarnagar shifts focus to minimum support price

With the promise of repeal of contentious farm bills secured, farmers in the UP's Muzaffarnagar have now trained their sights on a law for the Minimum Support Price (MSP).

Centre planning to end MSP, govt procurement, food security for poor: Sidhu

Reiterating that issues related to MSP are bigger than the farm laws, Sidhu alleged that Centre is planning to end MSP, Public Distribution System, government procurement and food security for poor

Accept farmers demand on MSP, movement won't end without it: Varun to PM

Quash all politically motivated false FIRs against protesting farmers: Varun Gandhi writes to prime minister

Govt to form committee to make MSP effective, promote natural farming: PM

PM Modi said that a committee will be formed to make Minimum Support Price system more effective and transparent as well as suggest ways to promote zero budgeting based-agriculture.

MSP bigger issue for farmers: Navjot Sidhu on repeal of farm laws

Sidhu on Friday said the minimum support price is the bigger issue than farm laws as it is the lifeline of farmers

BKU's Ugrahan faction welcomes govt's decision to repeal farm laws

"It is a good move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of Gurupurab," Joginder Singh Ugrahan, the leader of BKU's Ugrahan faction, said.

Repealing 'black' laws step in right direction, says Navjot Singh Sidhu

Sidhu further said the "sacrifice of farmers has paid dividends".

Fencing farm risks

Ways must be explored to ensure reasonable returns

MSP value of Rs 11,099.25 crore paid for paddy, says Govt

The government on Monday said that over 5.66 million metric tonnes of paddy has been procured in the Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22 up to October 17

Centre looking to empower small farmers, assures PM Modi amid stir

Claims govt had so far done direct transfer of Rs 1 trn to farmers, of which Rs 25,000 crore had gone to cultivators in UP

Centre to cross check farmers land records before paddy procurement

The procurement of pulses and oilseeds has also increased

MSP hikes need to be supplemented by higher yields, say experts

Business Standard looks at the MSP hikes of main rabi crops in the last 10 years and their percentage rise compared to previous years

Centre raises wheat MSP for 2022-23 by 2%; Mustard and lentil top MSP rise

Hikes are in line with long-standing govt policy of encouraging oilseeds and pulses cultivation to meet rising demand and deter farmers from growing wheat and rice which are already in abundance

ISMA again writes to PMO urging it to increase minimum sale price of sugar

Says though FRP has been raised several times the past few years, MSP has not been hiked the past 30 months

Govt procures record 43.33 MT wheat in 2021-22 rabi marketing season

The government has procured record 43.33 million tonne of wheat in the 2021-22 rabi marketing season, the Food Ministry said on Monday. Wheat marketing season is from April to March, but bulk of procurement is normally done in the first 3-4 months. The previous record was 38.99 million tonne (MT) in the 2020-21 rabi marketing season. "Hitting an all-time high, 43.33 million tonne of wheat has been procured from most of the wheat procuring states after conclusion of current marketing season 2021-22," the ministry said in a release. About 49.15 lakh farmers have already benefitted from the current procurement operations with an MSP (minimum support price) value of Rs 85,581.39 crore, it said. However, procurement of paddy grown in the kharif season of 2020-21 is still continuing. Kharif paddy is procured between October and September. The ministry said paddy buying is continuing smoothly and so far 86.98 million tonne of paddy has been purchased as against 75.92 million tonne in th