Lok Sabha Question No. 4090 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-20
Subject: Increase in MSP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: HARI BABU KAMBHAMPATI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4090

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  20 TH  MARCH, 2018

## INCREASE IN MSP

4090.  DR. KAMBHAMPATI HARIBABU:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE  AND  FARMERS  WELFARE      ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं  कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  increase  the  MSP  to  double  the farmers income;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the suggestions given by the experts in agriculture sector in terms of doubling the farmers income; and
- (d) the time period by which the Government  is going to  implement those suggestions for better livelihood of farmers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã ½ãñâ Àã·¾ã ½ãâ¨ããè ( SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a) & (b): Government  has  increased  the  minimum  support  prices  (MSPs)  of mandated crops for 2017-18 on the basis of recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP) to provide remunerative price to farmers. The MSPs fixed by the Government and increase in MSP of 2017-18 over 2016-17 is at Annexure. The  MSPs  fixed  by  the  Government  provide  adequate  return  over  weighted  average cost of production (A2+FL).

The  Union  Budget  for  2018-19  has  announced  the  pre-determined  principle  to keep MSPs at levels of one and half time the cost of production for kharif crops.

(c) & (d): The  Government  has  constituted  an Inter-Ministerial  Committee  on 13.04.2016 under the Chairmanship of Chief Executive Officer, National Rainfed Area Authority,  Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  and  Farmers  Welfare  to  examine issues relating to doubling of farmers' income and recommend a strategy to achieve the same  by  the  year  2022.  In  order  to  involve  the  stakeholders  across  the  country  in finalizing the strategy, the Committee has been placing its reports in installments. As of now, ten volumes of the draft Report prepared by the Committee have been uploaded on the  website of  this  Department  (http://agricoop.nic.in/doubling-farmers)  for  seeking public opinion.

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There  is  no  deadline  for  submission  of  Report  by  the  Committee.  However, alongside  working  on  a  comprehensive  strategy,  the  Committee  has  been  parallelly suggesting various interventions like Model Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing  (Promotion  and  Facilitation)  Act,  2017,  a  five  year  roadmap  for  pulses production for achieving a level of production of 24 million tonnes and comprehensive roadmap for increasing the production of oilseeds in the country. A National Conference was organized on February 19-20, 2018 on the subject of doubling farmers' income in which  farmers,  farmers'  associations,  scientists,  economists,  academia  and  others participated.  Some  of  the  main  suggestions  emanating  from  the  conference  included converting waste to wealth in mission mode, promoting post-harvest infrastructure with greater  use  of  warehouse  receipts,  upgrading  rural  haats  and  providing  certain incentives for contract farming.

At present, the Government is implementing various schemes and recalibrating them  based  on  the  suggested  intervention  to  synchronise  with  higher  gains  for  the farmers  which  include  Soil  Health  Cards  (SHC),  production  and  availability  of  quality seeds, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY), e-National Agriculture Market (e-NAM),  Pradhan  Mantri  Fasal  Bima  Yojana  (PMFBY),  Paramparagat  Krishi  Vikas Yojana (PKVY), National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) and promotion of allied activities like dairying, poultry, beekeeping and fisheries.

## ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) and (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4090 due for reply on 20.03.2018.

## Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) and increase in MSP

(Rs. per quintal)

| Sl. No.   | Commodity                         | Variety       | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | (#) increase in MSP 2017-18 over 2016-17   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------------------------|
|           | KHARIF CROPS                      |               |           |           |                                            |
| 1         | PADDY                             | Common        | 1470      | 1550      | 80(5.4)                                    |
|           |                                   | Grade 'A'     | 1510      | 1590      | 80(5.3)                                    |
| 2         | JOWAR                             | Hybrid        | 1625      | 1700      | 75(4.6)                                    |
|           |                                   | Maldandi      | 1650      | 1725      | 75(4.5)                                    |
| 3         | BAJRA                             |               | 1330      | 1425      | 95(7.1)                                    |
| 4         | MAIZE                             |               | 1365      | 1425      | 60(4.3)                                    |
| 5         | RAGI                              |               | 1725      | 1900      | 175(10.1)                                  |
| 6         | ARHAR(Tur)                        |               | 5050^^    | 5450^     | 400(7.9)                                   |
| 7         | MOONG                             |               | 5225^^    | 5575^     | 350(6.7)                                   |
| 8         | URAD                              |               | 5000^^    | 5400^     | 400(8)                                     |
| 9         | COTTON                            | Medium Staple | 3860      | 4020      | 160(4.1)                                   |
|           |                                   | Long Staple   | 4160      | 4320      | 160(3.8)                                   |
| 10        | GROUNDNUT IN SHELL                |               | 4220*     | 4450^     | 230(5.5)                                   |
| 11        | SUNFLOWER SEED                    |               | 3950*     | 4100*     | 150(3.8)                                   |
| 12        | SOYABEEN                          |               | 2775*     | 3050^     | 275(9.9)                                   |
| 13        | SESAMUM                           |               | 5000^     | 5300*     | 300(6)                                     |
| 14        | NIGERSEED                         |               | 3825*     | 4050*     | 225(5.9)                                   |
|           | RABI CROPS                        |               |           |           |                                            |
| 15        | WHEAT                             |               | 1625      | 1735      | 110(6.8)                                   |
| 16        | BARLEY                            |               | 1325      | 1410      | 85(6.4)                                    |
| 17        | GRAM                              |               | 4000^     | 4400@     | 400(10.0)                                  |
| 18        | MASUR (LENTIL)                    |               | 3950@     | 4250*     | 300(7.6)                                   |
| 19        | RAPESEED/MUSTARD                  |               | 3700*     | 4000*     | 300(8.1)                                   |
| 20        | SAFFLOWER                         |               | 3700*     | 4100*     | 400(10.8)                                  |
| 21        | TORIA                             |               | 3560      | 3900      | 340(9.6)                                   |
|           | OTHER CROPS                       |               |           |           |                                            |
| 22        | COPRA                             | Milling       | 5950      | 6500      | 550(9.2)                                   |
|           | (Calender Year)                   | Ball          | 6240      | 6785      | 545(8.7)                                   |
| 23        | DE-HUSKED COCONUT (Calender Year) |               | 1600      | 1760      | 160(10)                                    |
| 24        | JUTE                              |               | 3200      | 3500      | 300(9.3)                                   |
| 25        | SUGARCANE$                        |               | 230       | 255       | 25(10.9)                                   |

- $ Fair and remunerative price.
* Including Bonus of Rs. 100 per quintal.
- ^ Including Bonus of Rs. 200 per quintal.
- ^^ Including Bonus of Rs. 425 per quintal.
- @ Including Bonus of Rs. 150 per quintal
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