Lok Sabha Question No. 3541 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-10
Subject: Remunerative Support Price
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3541 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2019

## REMUNERATIVE SUPPORT PRICE

## 3541.  ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to implement Remunerative Support Price for all agriculture crops, if so, the details thereof, if not, the reason therefor; and
- (b) whether the Government has any data of subsidies given to farmers, if so, the details of such subsidies for the last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): Government  fixes  Minimum  Support  Prices  (MSPs)  for  22  mandated  agricultural crops and fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane on the basis of the recommendations  of  the  Commission  for  Agricultural  Costs  &  Prices  (CACP),  after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned and  other  relevant  factors.  These  MSP  crops  account  for  99  percent  of  agricultural production (excluding horticulture production) in the country. The Union Budget for 2018-19 had announced the pre-determined principle to keep MSPs at a level of atleast one and half times  of  the  cost  of  production.  Accordingly,  Government  had  increased  MSPs  for  all mandated crops with a return of at least 50 percent over all India weighted average cost of production  for  the  season  2018-19.  Government  has  recently  increased  the  MSPs  for  all mandated kharif and rabi crops for 2019-20 season in line  with  the  principle of  providing atleast 50 percent return over all India weighted average cost of production. The details of MSP and the returns for last three years are given in Annexure .
- (b): Various subsidies are provided to farmers under different schemes inter-alia including Rainfed  Area  Development,  Sub-Mission  on  Seed  and  Planting  Material,  Mission  on Integrated Development of Horticulture, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, Sub-Mission on Agricultural  Mechanisation,  Fertilisers  by  Department  of  Fertilisers,  Interest  Subvention Scheme,  Implementation  of  Market  Intervention  Scheme  and  Price  Support  Scheme  etc. The  actual  expenditure  for  agricultural  schemes  for  year  2017-18  and  2018-19  and budgetary  estimates  for year 2019-20  is Rs. 37,389  crore, Rs. 46,415  crore and Rs. 1,30,302 crore respectively.

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3541 due for reply on 10.12.2019.

## Cost*, MSP and Return

(Rs per quintal)

| Sl. No.   | Commodity              | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2017-18            | 2018-19   | 2018-19   | 2018-19            | 2019-20   | 2019-20   | 2019-20            |
|-----------|------------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------------|
| Sl. No.   | KHARIF CROPS           | Cost*     | MSP       | % Return over Cost | Cost*     | MSP       | % Return over Cost | Cost*     | MSP       | % Return over Cost |
| 1         | PADDY(Common)          | 1117      | 1550      | 38.8               | 1166      | 1750      | 50.1               | 1208      | 1815      | 50.2               |
|           | (Grade A)^             |           | 1590      |                    |           | 1770      |                    |           | 1835      |                    |
| 2         | JOWAR (Hybrid)         | 1556      | 1700      | 9.3                | 1619      | 2430      | 50.1               | 1698      | 2550      | 50.2               |
|           | (Maldandi) ^           |           | 1725      |                    |           | 2450      |                    |           | 2570      |                    |
| 3         | BAJRA                  | 949       | 1425      | 50.2               | 990       | 1950      | 97.0               | 1083      | 2000      | 84.7               |
| 4         | MAIZE                  | 1044      | 1425      | 36.5               | 1131      | 1700      | 50.3               | 1171      | 1760      | 50.3               |
| 5         | RAGI                   | 1861      | 1900      | 2.1                | 1931      | 2897      | 50.0               | 2100      | 3150      | 50.0               |
| 6         | ARHAR(Tur)             | 3318      | 5450      | 64.3               | 3432      | 5675      | 65.4               | 3636      | 5800      | 59.5               |
| 7         | MOONG                  | 4286      | 5575      | 30.1               | 4650      | 6975      | 50.0               | 4699      | 7050      | 50.0               |
| 8         | URAD                   | 3265      | 5400      | 65.4               | 3438      | 5600      | 62.9               | 3477      | 5700      | 63.9               |
| 9         | COTTON (Medium Staple) | 3276      | 4020      | 22.7               | 3433      | 5150      | 50.0               | 3501      | 5255      | 50.1               |
|           | (Long Staple)^         |           | 4320      |                    |           | 5450      |                    |           | 5550      |                    |
| 10        | GROUNDNUT IN SHELL     | 3159      | 4450      | 40.9               | 3260      | 4890      | 50.0               | 3394      | 5090      | 50.0               |
| 11        | SUNFLOWER SEED         | 3481      | 4100      | 17.8               | 3592      | 5388      | 50.0               | 3767      | 5650      | 50.0               |
| 12        | SOYABEAN (Yellow)      | 2121      | 3050      | 43.8               | 2266      | 3399      | 50.0               | 2473      | 3710      | 50.0               |
| 13        | SESAMUM                | 4067      | 5300      | 30.3               | 4166      | 6249      | 50.0               | 4322      | 6485      | 50.0               |
| 14        | NIGERSEED              | 3912      | 4050      | 3.5                | 3918      | 5877      | 50.0               | 3960      | 5940      | 50.0               |
|           | RABI CROPS             |           |           |                    |           |           |                    |           |           |                    |
| 1         | WHEAT                  | 817       | 1735      | 112.4              | 866       | 1840      | 112.5              | 923       | 1925      | 108.6              |
| 2         | BARLEY                 | 845       | 1410      | 66.9               | 860       | 1440      | 67.4               | 919       | 1525      | 65.9               |
| 3         | GRAM                   | 2461      | 4400      | 78.8               | 2637      | 4620      | 75.2               | 2801      | 4875      | 74.0               |
| 4         | MASUR (LENTIL)         | 2366      | 4250      | 79.6               | 2532      | 4475      | 76.7               | 2727      | 4800      | 76.0               |
| 5         | RAPESEED/MUSTARD       | 2123      | 4000      | 88.4               | 2212      | 4200      | 89.9               | 2323      | 4425      | 90.5               |
| 6         | SAFFLOWER              | 3125      | 4100      | 31.2               | 3294      | 4945      | 50.1               | 3470      | 5215      | 50.3               |
|           | OTHER CROPS            |           |           |                    |           |           |                    |           |           |                    |
| 1         | COPRA (Milling)        | 4758      | 6500      | 36.6               | 5007      | 7511      | 50.0               | 6347      | 9521      | 50.0               |
|           | (Ball)^                |           | 6785      |                    |           | 7750      |                    |           | 9920      |                    |
| 2         | JUTE                   | 2160      | 3500      | 62.0               | 2267      | 3700      | 63.2               | 2535      | 3950      | 55.8               |
| 3         | SUGARCANE              | 155       | 275       | 77                 | 156       | 275       | 76                 |           |           |                    |

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