Lok Sabha Question No. 274 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-20
Subject: Regular Increase in MSP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 274

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 th  JULY, 2021

## REGULAR INCREASE IN MSP

274.        SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

- (a)   whether the Government proposes to increase Minimum Support Price (MSP) of agricultural products at regular intervals;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)   the measures taken by the Government to promote the production of coarse foodgrains in the country including Bundelkhand?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) & (b):   Government fixes Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for 22 mandated agricultural crops, every year, on the basis of the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments  concerned.  In  addition,  MSP  for  toria  and  de-husked  coconut  are also fixed on the basis of MSPs of rapeseed & mustard and copra respectively.

The Government in its Union Budget for 2018-19 had announced the pre-determined principle  to  keep  MSP  at  a  levels  of  one  and  half  times  of  the  cost  of  production. Accordingly, Government has increased the MSPs for all mandated Kharif, Rabi and other commercial crops with a return of atleast 50 per cent over all India weighted average cost of production from the agricultural year 2018-19 onwards (Annex).

- (c):  Coarse Cereals are included as one of the components under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) programme from 2014-15 with the aim to boost the production through area expansion and productivity enhancement.

From  2018-19,  NFSM  Coarse  Cereals  has  been  divided  into  two  parts,  namely; NFSM-Coarse Cereals (Maize and Barley) and NFSM-Nutri-Cereals (Bajra, Jowar, Ragi and other  Small  Millets).  NFSM-Coarse  Cereals  is  being  implemented  in  269  districts  of  26 States & 2 UTs, including Jalaun, Jhansi and Lalitpur which are part of Bundelkhand region and that of NFSM-Nutri-Cereals in 202 districts of 14 States.

Under NFSM,  assistance is being provided to the farmers for organizing demonstrations on improved package of practices & intercropping and distribution of seeds of High Yielding Varieties (HYVs) & Hybrids, distribution of micronutrients & bio-fertilizers for integrated  nutrient  management,  plant  protection  chemicals  &  bio-agents,  weedicides  for integrated pest management, manual sprayer, sprinkler, cropping system based trainings, formation  of  Farmers  Producer  Organizations  (FPOs)  in  cluster  area,  distribution  of  seed mini kits (HYVs), publicity etc.

## Annex referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 274 due for reply on 20.07.2021

## Minimum Support Price (According to crop year)

(Rs. per quintal)

| Sl. No.   | Commodity                         | Variety       | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | (#) increase in MSP 2021-22 over 2020-21   |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------------------------------------|
|           | KHARIF CROPS                      |               |           |           |           |           |                                            |
| 1         | PADDY                             | Common        | 1750      | 1815      | 1868      | 1940      | 72(3.9)                                    |
|           |                                   | Grade 'A'     | 1770      | 1835      | 1888      | 1960      | 72(3.8)                                    |
| 2         | JOWAR                             | Hybrid        | 2430      | 2550      | 2620      | 2738      | 118(4.5)                                   |
|           |                                   | Maldandi      | 2450      | 2570      | 2640      | 2758      | 118(4.5)                                   |
| 3         | BAJRA                             |               | 1950      | 2000      | 2150      | 2250      | 100(4.7)                                   |
| 4         | RAGI                              |               | 2897      | 3150      | 3295      | 3377      | 82(2.5)                                    |
| 5         | MAIZE                             |               | 1700      | 1760      | 1850      | 1870      | 20(1.1)                                    |
| 6         | ARHAR(Tur)                        |               | 5675      | 5800      | 6000      | 6300      | 300(5.0)                                   |
| 7         | MOONG                             |               | 6975      | 7050      | 7196      | 7275      | 79(1.1)                                    |
| 8         | URAD                              |               | 5600      | 5700      | 6000      | 6300      | 300(5.0)                                   |
| 9         | COTTON                            | Medium Staple | 5150      | 5255      | 5515      | 5726      | 211(3.8)                                   |
|           |                                   | Long Staple   | 5450      | 5550      | 5825      | 6025      | 200(3.4)                                   |
| 10        | GROUNDNUT                         |               | 4890      | 5090      | 5275      | 5550      | 275(5.2)                                   |
| 11        | SUNFLOWER SEED                    |               | 5388      | 5650      | 5885      | 6015      | 130(2.2)                                   |
| 12        | SOYABEEN (yellow)                 |               | 3399      | 3710      | 3880      | 3950      | 70(1.8)                                    |
| 13        | SESAMUM                           |               | 6249      | 6485      | 6855      | 7307      | 452(6.6)                                   |
| 14        | NIGERSEED                         |               | 5877      | 5940      | 6695      | 6930      | 235(3.5)                                   |
|           | RABI CROPS                        |               |           |           |           |           |                                            |
| 15        | WHEAT                             |               | 1840      | 1925      | 1975      |           |                                            |
| 16        | BARLEY                            |               | 1440      | 1525      | 1600      |           |                                            |
| 17        | GRAM                              |               | 4620      | 4875      | 5100      |           |                                            |
| 18        | MASUR (LENTIL)                    |               | 4475      | 4800      | 5100      |           |                                            |
| 19        | RAPESEED &MUSTARD                 |               | 4200      | 4425      | 4650      |           |                                            |
| 20        | SAFFLOWER                         |               | 4945      | 5215      | 5327      |           |                                            |
| 21        | TORIA                             |               | 4190      | 4425      | 4650      |           |                                            |
|           | OTHER CROPS                       |               |           |           |           |           |                                            |
| 22        | COPRA (Calendar Year)             | Milling       | 7511      | 9521      | 9960      | 10335     | 375(3.8)                                   |
|           |                                   | Ball          | 7750      | 9920      | 10300     | 10600     | 300(2.9)                                   |
| 23        | DE-HUSKED COCONUT (Calendar Year) |               | 2030      | 2571      | 2700      | 2800      | 100(3.7)                                   |
| 24        | JUTE                              |               | 3700      | 3950      | 4225      | 4500      | 275( 6.5)                                  |

# Figures in brackets indicate percentage increase.

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