Lok Sabha Question No. 1528 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-12
Subject: Purchase of Agricultural Products at MSP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: SHARAD TRIPATHI

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1528

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH   FEBRUARY, 2019

## PURCHASE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AT MSP

1528.  SHRI  SHARAD TRIPATHI:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of various agricultural products purchased at  minimum support price in the country;
- (b) the  names  and  quantum  of  various    agricultural  products  purchased  along  with  their prices  during  the  last  three  years, State-wise;
- (c) the procedure of fixing minimum support price of agricultural products and the names of those products in the case of which the said minimum support price has been increased;
- (d) whether the target of purchasing the produce at the minimum support price has been fixed quite lower in comparison to the actual production due to which the farmers are unable to get the remunerative price of their produce; and
- (e) if  so,  the  action  plan  proposed  to  be    formulated    by    the    Government   for  providing remunerative price to the farmers for their produce ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंालय म राय मंी (SHRI  PARSHOTTAM  RUPALA)

- (a) & (b): The names of various agricultural products purchased at Minimum Support Price (MSP) during the last three years and current year, State-wise are at Annexure-I to AnnexureVI. A statement related to MSP for last three years and the current year is at Annexure-VII.
- (c): Government  fixes  the  Minimum  Support  Prices  (MSPs)  of  22  mandated  agricultural crops and Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for Sugarcane based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned & other relevant factors. The 22 mandated crops are paddy, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, arhar, moong, urad, groundnut-in-shell, soyabean, sunflower, sesamum,  nigerseed, cotton, wheat, barley, gram, masur(lentil), rapeseed/mustard, safflower, jute and copra. In addition, MSP of Toria and de-husked coconut are  also  fixed  on  the  basis  of  the  MSPs  of  rapeseed/mustard  and  copra  respectively. Government has increased the MSP for all mandated and other crops for the season 2018-19 with a return of atleast 50 percent over cost of production.

(d) & (e): No  target  has  been  fixed  for  procurement  at  MSP.  Government  procures  the notified  agricultural  produce  of  Fair  Average  Quality  (FAQ)  at  MSP  in  consultation  with  the concerned State Government / Union Territory as and when market price of these produce fall below  the  MSP,  as  per  prescribed  guidelines.  However,  if  farmers  gets  better  price  in comparison to MSP, they are free to sell their produce in open market.

Annexure-I

| DETAILS OF PULSES & OILSEEDS PROCURED AT MSP UNDER PSS FROM   | DETAILS OF PULSES & OILSEEDS PROCURED AT MSP UNDER PSS FROM   | DETAILS OF PULSES & OILSEEDS PROCURED AT MSP UNDER PSS FROM   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| YEAR/COMMODITY                                                | Quantity Procured (in MT)                                     | MSP Value (Rs. in lakh)                                       |
| 2015-16                                                       | 4241.68                                                       | 1589.13                                                       |
| SUNFLOWER SEED                                                | 4241.68                                                       | 1589.13                                                       |
| HARYANA                                                       | 4165.67                                                       | 1560.62                                                       |
| ODISHA                                                        | 76.02                                                         | 28.51                                                         |
| 2016-17                                                       | 427658.85                                                     | 198610.23                                                     |
| COPRA                                                         | 6325.80                                                       | 3817.12                                                       |
| KARNATAKA                                                     | 1836.40                                                       | 1145.91                                                       |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                | 3318.50                                                       | 1974.51                                                       |
| TAMILNADU                                                     | 1170.90                                                       | 696.70                                                        |
| GROUNDNUT                                                     | 210731.16                                                     | 88928.55                                                      |
| GUJARAT                                                       | 210731.16                                                     | 88928.55                                                      |
| MOONG                                                         | 9496.71                                                       | 4962.03                                                       |
| KARNATAKA                                                     | 681.60                                                        | 356.14                                                        |
| KARNATAKA                                                     | 1837.30                                                       | 959.99                                                        |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                   | 6977.81                                                       | 3645.90                                                       |
| SOYABEAN                                                      | 162.19                                                        | 45.00                                                         |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                   | 162.19                                                        | 45.00                                                         |
| SUNFLOWER SEED                                                | 4949.31                                                       | 1880.73                                                       |
| HARYANA                                                       | 4784.75                                                       | 1818.21                                                       |
| ODISHA                                                        | 164.56                                                        | 62.52                                                         |
| TOOR                                                          | 195993.68                                                     | 98976.81                                                      |
| GUJARAT                                                       | 49797.10                                                      | 25147.54                                                      |
| KARNATAKA                                                     | 30920.55                                                      | 15614.88                                                      |
| MAHARASHTRA                                                   | 115276.03                                                     | 58214.40                                                      |
| 2017-18                                                       | 2742747.56                                                    | 1363885.34                                                    |
| GROUNDNUT                                                     | 1050084.68                                                    | 467265.88                                                     |
| ANDHRA PRADESH                                                | 61300.12                                                      | 27278.55                                                      |
| GUJARAT                                                       | 829697.00                                                     | 369215.17                                                     |
| KARNATAKA                                                     | 11860.28                                                      | 5277.82                                                       |
| ODISHA                                                        | 947.77                                                        | 399.96                                                        |
| RAJASTHAN                                                     | 146279.51                                                     | 65094.38                                                      |

| MOONG          |   407309.18 |   223140.66 |
|----------------|-------------|-------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH |     2358.65 |     1314.95 |
| KARNATAKA      |    21758.4  |    12130.3  |
| MADHYA PRADESH |   111000    |    57997.5  |
| MAHARASHTRA    |     5262.35 |     2933.76 |
| ODISHA         |     1405.99 |      734.63 |
| RAJASTHAN      |   262204    |   146179    |
| TELANGANA      |     3319.95 |     1850.87 |
| MUSTARD SEED   |    36940.2  |    13667.9  |
| HARYANA        |    36940.2  |    13667.9  |
| SESAMUM SEED   |     3419.81 |     1709.91 |
| WEST BENGAL    |     3419.81 |     1709.91 |
| SOYABEAN       |    72282.1  |    22046    |
| MAHARASHTRA    |    26104.5  |     7961.86 |
| RAJASTHAN      |    11624.6  |     3545.5  |
| TELANGANA      |    34553.1  |    10538.7  |
| SUNFLOWER SEED |     6539.09 |     2582.94 |
| HARYANA        |     6249.99 |     2468.75 |
| ODISHA         |      177    |       69.92 |
| TELANGANA      |      112.1  |       44.28 |
| TOOR           |   873759    |   476198    |
| ANDHRA PRADESH |    55600    |    30302    |
| GUJARAT        |    69986.7  |    38142.8  |
| KARNATAKA      |   336154    |   183204    |
| MAHARASHTRA    |   336718    |   183511    |
| TELANGANA      |    75300    |    41038.5  |
| URAD           |   292414    |   157274    |
| ANDHRA PRADESH |    13600    |     7344    |
| GUJARAT        |    19878.4  |    10734.3  |
| KARNATAKA      |    13090.5  |     7068.87 |
| MADHYA PRADESH |    15747.6  |     7873.83 |
| MAHARASHTRA    |    58663.9  |    31678.5  |
| RAJASTHAN      |   130905    |    70688.7  |
| TELANGANA      |    11170.4  |     6032.02 |
| UTTAR PRADESH  |    22568    |    12186.7  |

| WEST BENGAL      |          6790.00 |          3666.60 |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 2018-19 *        |      5.51078e+06 |      2.5676e+06  |
| GRAM             |      2.76943e+06 |      1.21855e+06 |
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |  91982.6         |  40472.4         |
| GUJARAT          |  91000           |  40040           |
| KARNATAKA        | 135422           |  59585.7         |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |      1.61197e+06 | 709268           |
| MAHARASHTRA      | 194727           |  85679.8         |
| RAJASTHAN        | 579972           | 255188           |
| TELANGANA        |  50000           |  22000           |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |  14354           |   6315.78        |
| GROUNDNUT        | 679433           | 332126           |
| GUJARAT          | 408259           | 199639           |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |  28501.2         |  13937.1         |
| ODISHA           |   2633.02        |   1171.69        |
| RAJASTHAN        | 232480           | 113683           |
| TELANGANA        |     26.99        |     12.01        |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |   7533.59        |   3683.93        |
| MASOOR           | 246944           | 104951           |
| MADHYA PRADESH   | 233246           |  99129.4         |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |  13698.2         |   5821.75        |
| MOONG            | 306682           | 213311           |
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |   1846.25        |   1063.19        |
| GUJARAT          |   1010.25        |    704.65        |
| HARYANA          |    224.9         |    156.87        |
| KARNATAKA MADHYA |  28950           |  20192.6         |
| PRADESH          |   2971.56        |   2072.66        |
| MAHARASHTRA      |  18986.1         |  13242.8         |
| ODISHA           |   2675.11        |   1491.37        |
| RAJASTHAN        | 236277           | 164803           |
| TAMILNADU        |    364.9         |    254.52        |
| TELANGANA        |  13375.3         |   9329.28        |
| MUSTARD SEED     | 873661           | 349464           |
| GUJARAT          |  52659.6         |  21063.8         |
| HARYANA          | 227602           |  91040.8         |

| MADHYA PRADESH   |   119747.28 |   47898.91 |
|------------------|-------------|------------|
| RAJASTHAN        |   471614    |  188646    |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |     1211.41 |     484.56 |
| WEST BENGAL      |      826.6  |     330.64 |
| NIGERSEED        |       15.9  |       9.34 |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |       15.9  |       9.34 |
| SOYABEAN         |    20226    |    6874.8  |
| KARNATAKA        |        6    |       2.04 |
| MAHARASHTRA      |     1701.85 |     578.46 |
| RAJASTHAN        |     2957.8  |    1005.36 |
| TELANGANA        |    15560.3  |    5288.95 |
| SUNFLOWER SEED   |     2745.43 |    1125.63 |
| HARYANA          |     2400    |     984    |
| ODISHA           |      130.43 |      53.48 |
| TELANGANA        |      215    |      88.15 |
| TOOR             |    54183.5  |   30749.1  |
| GUJARAT          |      140.6  |      79.79 |
| KARNATAKA        |     2935.55 |    1665.92 |
| TELANGANA        |    51107.3  |   29003.4  |
| URAD             |   557458    |  310438    |
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |    79656    |   43024.1  |
| GUJARAT          |     7038.3  |    3941.45 |
| KARNATAKA        |       10.1  |       5.66 |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |   345000    |  193200    |
| MAHARASHTRA      |    11331.8  |    6345.79 |
| ODISHA           |     4216.77 |    2277.06 |
| RAJASTHAN        |    77444.9  |   43369.2  |
| TAMILNADU        |     1547.86 |     835.84 |
| TELANGANA        |     2578.39 |    1403.9  |
| UTTAR PRADESH    |    28633.8  |   16034.9  |

NOTE - * AS ON 06.02.2019

## PROCUREMENT OF RICE

## ANNEXURE - II

(Figures in LMT)

| STATE/UT          | KMS2015- 16   | KMS2016- 17   | KMS2017-18   | KMS2018- 19*   |
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|----------------|
| A&NISLANDS        |               |               |              |                |
| ANDHRAPRADESH     | 43.36         | 37.24         | 27.25        | 22.60          |
| TELANGANA         | 15.79         | 35.95         | 12.23        | 26.82          |
| ASSAM             | 0.42          | 0.46          | 0.19         | 0.15           |
| BIHAR             | 12.23         | 12.34         | 6.96         | 1.25           |
| CHANDIGARH        | 0.16          | 0.13          | 0.14         | 0.13           |
| CHHATISGARH       | 34.42         | 40.22         | 32.07        | 40.80          |
| DELHI             | 0.00          |               |              |                |
| GUJARAT           | 0.01          | 0.01          | 0.01         | 0.09           |
| HARYANA           | 28.61         | 35.83         | 39.67        | 39.09          |
| HIMACHAL          | 0.00          |               |              |                |
| JAMMU&KASHMIR     | 0.07          | 0.08          | 0.13         | 0.09           |
| JHARKHAND         | 2.06          | 1.39          | 1.12         | 0.36           |
| KARNATAKA         | 0.55          |               |              |                |
| KERALA            | 3.82          | 3.08          | 1.62         | 0.64           |
| MADHYAPRADESH     | 8.49          | 13.14         | 10.96        | 13.95          |
| MAHARASHTRA       | 2.30          | 3.09          | 1.58         | 2.59           |
| NAGALAND          | 0.00          |               |              |                |
| ODISHA            | 33.69         | 36.3          | 24.43        | 23.70          |
| PUDUCHERRY        | 0.00          |               |              |                |
| PUNJAB            | 93.50         | 110.52        | 118.33       | 113.30         |
| RAJASTHAN         | 0.00          |               |              | 0.07           |
| TAMIL NADU        | 11.92         | 1.44          | 4.59         |                |
| UTTAR PRADESH     | 29.10         | 23.54         | 28.75        | 2.51           |
| UTTRAKHAND        | 5.98          | 7.06          | 0.38         | 27.60          |
| WEST BENGAL       | 15.68         | 19.23         | 0.27         | 4.52           |
| Others            | 0.00          | 0.00          | 0.00         | 8.90           |
| ALL INDIA TOTAL : | 342.18        | 381.05        | 310.68       | 329.17         |

*As on 31.01.2019

ANNEXURE-III PROCUREMENT OF WHEAT (Figures in LMT)

| STATE/UT         | RMS2015- 16   | RMS2016- 17   | RMS 2017- 18   | RMS2018- 19   |
|------------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
| Punjab           | 103.44        | 106.49        | 117.06         | 126.92        |
| Haryana          | 67.78         | 67.52         | 74.32          | 87.84         |
| Uttar Pradesh    | 22.67         | 7.97          | 36.99          | 52.94         |
| Uttarakhand      | 0.04          | 0.02          | 0.02           | 1.10          |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 73.09         | 39.92         | 67.25          | 73.13         |
| Gujarat          | 0.73          | 0.00          | 0.08           | 0.37          |
| Rajasthan        | 13            | 7.62          | 12.45          | 15.32         |
| Bihar            | 0             |               |                | 0.18          |
| Jharkhand        |               |               |                |               |
| Karnataka        |               |               |                |               |
| Delhi            | 0.02          | 0.00          |                |               |
| J&K              |               |               |                |               |
| Maharashtra      |               |               |                |               |
| Odisha           |               |               |                |               |
| Himachal Pradesh | 0.11          | 0.00          |                | 0.01          |
| Chandigarh       |               | 0.07          | 0.08           | 0.14          |
| West Bengal      |               |               |                |               |
| Chhttisgarh      |               |               |                |               |
| Andhra Pradesh   |               |               |                |               |
| Assam            |               |               |                |               |
| Telangana        |               |               |                |               |
| Others           | 0.04          |               |                |               |
| Total :          | 280.88        | 229.62        | 308.25         | 357.95        |

## STATEMENT SHOWING PROCUREMENT OF COARSEGRAINS

Annexure-IV

( figure in tonnes )

| COMMODITY   | GUJARAT   | HARYANA   | KARNATAKA   | MADHYA PRADESH   | MAHARASHTRA   |   TOTAL |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-------------|------------------|---------------|---------|
| JOWAR       |           |           | 7129        | 4947             | 16569         |   28645 |
| BAJRA       |           | 5053      |             |                  |               |    5053 |
| MAIZE       |           |           |             | 22962            | 11            |   22973 |
| RAGI        |           |           | 203769      |                  |               |  203769 |
| Total       | 0         | 5053      | 210898      | 27909            | 16580         |  260440 |
| JOWAR       |           |           |             |                  | 3733          |    3733 |
| BAJRA       |           | 6341      |             |                  |               |    6341 |
| MAIZE       |           |           |             | 50000            | 12181         |   62181 |
| RAGI        |           |           |             |                  |               |       0 |
| Total       | 0         | 6341      | 0           | 50000            | 15914         |   72255 |
| JOWAR       |           |           |             | 264              | 2668          |    2932 |
| BAJRA       |           | 31347     |             | 4121             |               |   35468 |
| MAIZE       |           |           |             |                  | 47794         |   47794 |
| RAGI        |           |           |             |                  |               |       0 |
| Total       | 0         | 31347     | 0           | 4385             | 50462         |   86194 |
| JOWAR       |           |           |             | 135              | 10713         |   10848 |
| BAJRA       | 696       | 180744    |             | 4099             |               |  185539 |
| MAIZE       | 1538      |           |             |                  | 6987          |    8525 |
| RAGI        |           |           |             |                  |               |       0 |
| Total       | 2234      | 180744    | 0           | 4234             | 17700         |  204912 |

## DETAILS OF PROCUREMENT OF PULSES MADE AT MSP UNDER PSF DURING KHARIF 2016-17 SEASON

| Sl.No   | States         |     Moong |             Tur |
|---------|----------------|-----------|-----------------|
| . 1     | Madhya Pradesh |   8716.19 | 104167          |
| 2       | Maharashtra    |    297.56 | 404182          |
| 3       | Andhra Pradesh |   3665.48 |    582.95       |
| 4       | Telangana      |   3409.88 | 207544          |
| 5       | Karnataka      |   2533.45 | 313167          |
| 6       | Gujarat        |     77.44 | 127088          |
| 7       | Rajasthan      | 190165    |      0          |
| 8       | Uttar Pradesh  |      0    |    370.8        |
| 9       | Haryana        |   1069.35 |      0          |
|         | Total          | 209935    |      1.1571e+06 |

## DETAILS OF PROCUREMENT OF RAW COTTON MADE BY CCI AT MSP FROM 2015-16 TO 2018-19

(Quantity in lakh bales of 170 kgs each)

| State          | 2015-16   | 2016-17**   | 2017-18   | 2018-19*   |
|----------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|------------|
| Punjab         | -         | -           | -         | -          |
| Haryana        | -         | -           | -         | -          |
| Rajasthan      | -         | -           | -         | -          |
| Gujarat        | 0.52      | -           | 0.95      | 0.04       |
| Maharashtra    | 1.17      | -           | 0.15      | 0.86       |
| Madhya Pradesh | 0.29      | -           | 0.08      | 0.42       |
| Telangana      | 5.95      | -           | 2.63      | 5.40       |
| Andhra Pradesh | 0.40      | -           | 0.06      | 0.05       |
| Karnataka      | -         | -           | 0.003     | 0.05       |
| Odisha         | 0.12      | -           | 0.02      | 0.21       |
| Others         | 0.003     | -           | 0.003     | -          |
| Total          | 8.45      | -           | 3.90      | 7.03       |

Note:

* As on 6.2.2019

**During cotton season 2016-17, since beginning average seed cotton prices were ruling  above  MSP  level.  Hence,  there  were  no  offers  of  cotton  at  MSP  from farmers, though Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) remained present in the market yards throughout the cotton season for procuring cotton at MSP.

## Minimum Support Prices

(According to crop year)

| Sl. No.   | Commodity                         | Variety       | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | (#) increase in MSP 2018-19 over 2017-18   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------------------------|
|           | KHARIF CROPS                      |               |           |           |           |           |                                            |
| 1         | PADDY                             | Common        | 1410      | 1470      | 1550      | 1750      | 200(12.9)                                  |
|           |                                   | Grade 'A'     | 1450      | 1510      | 1590      | 1770      | 180(11.3)                                  |
| 2         | JOWAR                             | Hybrid        | 1570      | 1625      | 1700      | 2430      | 730(42.9)                                  |
|           |                                   | Maldandi      | 1590      | 1650      | 1725      | 2450      | 725(42.3)                                  |
| 3         | BAJRA                             |               | 1275      | 1330      | 1425      | 1950      | 525(36.9)                                  |
| 4         | MAIZE                             |               | 1325      | 1365      | 1425      | 1700      | 275(19.3)                                  |
| 5         | RAGI                              |               | 1650      | 1725      | 1900      | 2897      | 997(52.5)                                  |
| 6         | ARHAR(Tur)                        |               | 4625^     | 5050^^    | 5450^     | 5675      | 225(4.1)                                   |
| 7         | MOONG                             |               | 4850^     | 5225^^    | 5575^     | 6975      | 1400(25.1)                                 |
| 8         | URAD                              |               | 4625^     | 5000^^    | 5400^     | 5600      | 200(3.7)                                   |
| 9         | COTTON                            | Medium Staple | 3800      | 3860      | 4020      | 5150      | 1130(28.1)                                 |
|           |                                   | Long Staple   | 4100      | 4160      | 4320      | 5450      | 1130(26.2)                                 |
| 10        | GROUNDNUT IN SHELL                |               | 4030      | 4220*     | 4450^     | 4890      | 440(9.9)                                   |
| 11        | SUNFLOWER SEED                    |               | 3800      | 3950*     | 4100*     | 5388      | 1288(31.4)                                 |
| 12        | SOYABEEN                          |               | 2600      | 2775*     | 3050^     | 3399      | 349(11.5)                                  |
| 13        | SESAMUM                           |               | 4700      | 5000^     | 5300*     | 6249      | 949(17.9)                                  |
| 14        | NIGERSEED                         |               | 3650      | 3825*     | 4050*     | 5877      | 1827(45.1)                                 |
|           | RABI CROPS                        |               |           |           |           |           |                                            |
| 15        | WHEAT                             |               | 1525      | 1625      | 1735      | 1840      | 105(6.1)                                   |
| 16        | BARLEY                            |               | 1225      | 1325      | 1410      | 1440      | 30(2.1)                                    |
| 17        | GRAM                              |               | 3500**    | 4000^     | 4400@     | 4620      | 220(5.0)                                   |
| 18        | MASUR (LENTIL)                    |               | 3400**    | 3950@     | 4250*     | 4475      | 225(5.3)                                   |
| 19        | RAPESEED/MUSTARD                  |               | 3350      | 3700*     | 4000*     | 4200      | 200(5.0)                                   |
| 20        | SAFFLOWER                         |               | 3300      | 3700*     | 4100*     | 4945      | 845(20.6)                                  |
| 21        | TORIA                             |               | 3290      | 3560      | 3900      | 4190      | 290(7.4)                                   |
|           | OTHER CROPS                       |               |           |           |           |           |                                            |
| 22        | COPRA                             | Milling       | 5550      | 5950      | 6500      | 7511      | 1011(15.6)                                 |
|           | (Calender Year)                   | Ball          | 5830      | 6240      | 6785      | 7750      | 965(14.2)                                  |
| 23        | DE-HUSKED COCONUT (Calender Year) |               | 1500      | 1600      | 1760      | 2030      | 270(15.3)                                  |
| 24        | JUTE                              |               | 2700      | 3200      | 3500      | 3700      | 200(5.7)                                   |
| 25        | SUGARCANE $                       |               | 230.00    | 230.00    | 255       | 275       | 20(7.8)                                    |

- # Figures in brackets indicate percentage increase.
- $ Fair and remunerative price.
* Including Bonus of Rs. 100 per quintal.
- ** Including Bonus of Rs. 75 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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## Annexure-VII

(Rs. per quintal)