Lok Sabha Question No. 3449 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-21
Subject: MSP of Essential Crops
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Hema Malini

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3449

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2023

## MSP OF ESSENTIAL CROPS

## 3449.     SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI

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

- (a)    whether  the  Government  has  increased  the  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  for  all essential Kharif, Rabi and other commercial crops with at least 50 per cent profit over the all-India average cost of production from 2018-2019 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   whether this increase in MSP would led to expected increase in farmers' income; and
- (c)      whether  any  survey  has  been  conducted by the Government regarding increase in MSP versus increase in income of farmers?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष एवं िकसान काण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c):      Government has increased Minimum Support Price (MSP) for 22 mandated Kharif, Rabi and other commercial crops with at least 50 per cent margin over the all-India weighted average cost of production from 2018-2019. Details of MSP fixed by the Government since 2018-19 are given at Annexure .

National Statistical Office (NSO) conducted 77 th  round of Situation Assessment Survey (SAS), 2019 of Agricultural Households, in the rural areas to estimate average monthly income per agriculture household by sources such as income from wages and leasing out of land, net receipt from crop production and farming of animals and nonfarm business. Besides, Government has adopted several developmental programmes, schemes, reforms and policies for achieving higher incomes for the farmers which are as follows:

- (i) Supplementary income transfers under PM-KISAN,
- (ii) Crop insurance under Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna (PMFBY),
- (iii) Better access to irrigation under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY),
- (iv)  Creation of infrastructure through Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF) with a size of Rs. 100,000 crores.

O.I.H.

(v) Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) offering production loans to farmers (vi) Formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs, (vii) National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), which aims to evolve and implement strategies to make Indian agriculture more resilient to the changing climate. (viii) Adoption of drone technologies in agriculture which has a potential to revolutionize theIndian agriculture. (ix) Benefits accruing under Bee-Keeping, Rashtriya Gokul Mission, Blue Revolution, Interest Subvention Scheme, agro-forestry, restructured bamboo mission, implementation of new generation watershed guidelines, etc.

## Annexure

## Annex referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3449 due for reply on 21.03.2023

## Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Mandated Crops

(MSP in ₹ per quintal)

| Sl. No.   | Commodity             | Variety       | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23   |
|-----------|-----------------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|           | KHARIF CROPS          |               |           |           |           |           |           |
| 1         | PADDY                 | Common        | 1750      | 1815      | 1868      | 1940      | 2040      |
|           |                       | Grade 'A'     | 1770      | 1835      | 1888      | 1960      | 2060      |
| 2         | JOWAR                 | Hybrid        | 2430      | 2550      | 2620      | 2738      | 2970      |
|           |                       | Maldandi      | 2450      | 2570      | 2640      | 2758      | 2990      |
| 3         | BAJRA                 |               | 1950      | 2000      | 2150      | 2250      | 2350      |
| 4         | RAGI                  |               | 2897      | 3150      | 3295      | 3377      | 3578      |
| 5         | MAIZE                 |               | 1700      | 1760      | 1850      | 1870      | 1962      |
| 6         | TUR (ARHAR)           |               | 5675      | 5800      | 6000      | 6300      | 6600      |
| 7         | MOONG                 |               | 6975      | 7050      | 7196      | 7275      | 7755      |
| 8         | URAD                  |               | 5600      | 5700      | 6000      | 6300      | 6600      |
| 9         | GROUNDNUT             |               | 4890      | 5090      | 5275      | 5550      | 5850      |
| 10        | SUNFLOWER SEED        |               | 5388      | 5650      | 5885      | 6015      | 6400      |
| 11        | SOYABEEN (yellow)     |               | 3399      | 3710      | 3880      | 3950      | 4300      |
| 12        | SESAMUM               |               | 6249      | 6485      | 6855      | 7307      | 7830      |
| 13        | NIGERSEED             |               | 5877      | 5940      | 6695      | 6930      | 7287      |
| 14        | COTTON                | Medium Staple | 5150      | 5255      | 5515      | 5726      | 6080      |
|           |                       | Long Staple   | 5450      | 5550      | 5825      | 6025      | 6380      |
|           | RABI CROPS            |               |           |           |           |           |           |
| 15        | WHEAT                 |               | 1840      | 1925      | 1975      | 2015      | 2125      |
| 16        | BARLEY                |               | 1440      | 1525      | 1600      | 1635      | 1735      |
| 17        | GRAM                  |               | 4620      | 4875      | 5100      | 5230      | 5335      |
| 18        | MASUR (LENTIL)        |               | 4475      | 4800      | 5100      | 5500      | 6000      |
| 19        | RAPESEED& MUSTARD     |               | 4200      | 4425      | 4650      | 5050      | 5450      |
| 20        | SAFFLOWER             |               | 4945      | 5215      | 5327      | 5441      | 5650      |
|           | OTHER CROPS           |               |           |           |           |           |           |
| 21        | COPRA (Calendar Year) | Milling       | 7511      | 9521      | 9960      | 10335     | 10590     |
|           |                       | Ball          | 7750      | 9920      | 10300     | 10600     | 11000     |
| 22        | JUTE                  |               | 3700      | 3950      | 4225      | 4500      | 4750      |

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