Page 4 - Paddy Msp

Stock in hand, govt marginally hikes MSP of paddy, pulses for kharif season

The government's rice and wheat stocks in the central pool as of June 1 was estimated to be around 74.14 million tonnes

Odisha CM, other BJD leaders protest in Delhi for increase in MSP for paddy

The BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Tuesday attended a sit-in of his party here, demanding increase in minimum support price for paddy and slamming the Modi government for not keeping its promises. He charged that despite repeated requests to the Centre to raise the minimum support price (MSP) of paddy to 2,930 per quintal, they were ignored. "The BJP came to power with assurance of increasing the minimum support price of food grain as per the Swaminathan formula. I have gone to the Centre many times with this demand, but it has been ignored. It was promised by the BJP in 2014, but they have forgotten their promise after coming to power," he said. Patanaik said his government has announced a progressive agricultural programme called 'KALIA' that will cost Rs 10,000 crore over three years, further irrigation of 10 lakh hectares of farmland is also nearing completion. "We make the promises and keep them," he asserted. Patnaik is scheduled to meet the President

BJD to hold mega rally in Delhi on Jan 8 to demand paddy MSP hike

BJD demanded that the Centre take immediate action on its unfulfilled promise made in 2014 on increasing the minimum support price

Unsound Modinomics of MSPs

The consequences of overproduction of paddy and sugarcane are particularly grievous

Govt's MSP move a political gimmick for simultaneous polls, says Congress

The MSP increase in paddy will have an electoral bearing in paddy growing areas, including UP, Bihar, Odisha, Haryana, etc

Govt's MSP hike to have little impact on crop insurance market

Last year, during the 2017 kharif season, 32.7 million farmers paid Rs 30.3 billion towards PMFBY

Farmers unhappy over meagre hike in MSP of paddy

The Centre has increased the MSP of paddy by Rs 60 per quintal. With this, the MSP for common variety of paddy is fixed at Rs 1,470 per quintal