Lok Sabha Question No. 5392 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-05
Subject: Minimum Support Price
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Mala Roy, Mimi Chakraborty, Deepak Baij

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  5392

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 5 TH APRIL, 2022

## MINIMUM SUPPORT PRICE

## 5392.       SHRIMATI MALA ROY: MS. MIMI CHAKRABORTY: SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

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

- (a) whether the Government intends to cover the difference between sale price and Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the struggling farmers until a coherent MSP policy is drafted;
- (b) if so, the details and timelines thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has constituted the Committee for legal guarantee of MSP as assured by Agriculture Secretary to SamyuktaKisanMorcha in December, 2021 in view of the fact that model code of conduct for assembly elections have ended;
- (d) if so, the details and composition thereof and if not, the reasons for delay; and
- (e) the date and letter/communication number which was sent for permission of Election Commission to form this Committee during model code of conduct along with details of date and communication number of reply by Election Commission received by the Ministry?

## 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 and Fair & 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.

The  Government  in  its  Union  Budget  for  2018-19  had  announced  the  predetermined  principle  to  keep  MSP  at  a  level  of  one  and  half  times  of  the  cost  of production. Accordingly, Government has increased the MSP 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).

Additionally, Government extends price support for paddy and wheat through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and State Agencies. Under this policy, whatever food grains  are  offered  by  farmers  within  the  stipulated  period  &  conforming  to  the specifications prescribed by Government  are purchased at MSP  by  the State Government agencies including FCI for Central Pool.

Oilseeds,  pulses  and  copra  of  Fair  Average  Quality  (FAQ)  are  procured  from registered  farmers  under  Price  Support  Scheme  under  Umbrella Scheme  of  Pradhan MantriAnnadataAaySanraksHanAbhiyan (PM-AASHA), as per its prescribed guidelines at MSP in consultation with the concerned State Government.

(c) and (d):   To promote natural farming, scientifically change the crop pattern keeping in  mind  the  changing requirements of the country and make MSP more effective and transparent, the process of setting up a committee is under progress.

(e): Approval  for constitution of  the  committee  was  sought  from  the  Election Commission vide this Ministry's Letter No. L-15016/01/2021-MPS dated 31 st January, 2022.  Reply  received  from  the  Election  Commissionvide  letter  No.  437/6/CG/LAMULTI/ECI/LET/FUNCT/MCC/2022/465 dated 1 st  February, 2022.

## Annex referred to in reply to part (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5392 due for reply on 05.04.2022

## Minimum Support Prices (MSP)

(According to crop year)

| Sl. No.   | Commodity            | Variety       | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------|----------------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|           | KHARIF CROPS         |               |           |           |           |           |           |
| 1         | PADDY                | Common        | 1550      | 1750      | 1815      | 1868      | 1940      |
|           |                      | Grade 'A'     | 1590      | 1770      | 1835      | 1888      | 1960      |
| 2         | JOWAR                | Hybrid        | 1700      | 2430      | 2550      | 2620      | 2738      |
|           |                      | Maldandi      | 1725      | 2450      | 2570      | 2640      | 2758      |
| 3         | BAJRA                |               | 1425      | 1950      | 2000      | 2150      | 2250      |
| 4         | RAGI                 |               | 1900      | 2897      | 3150      | 3295      | 3377      |
| 5         | MAIZE                |               | 1425      | 1700      | 1760      | 1850      | 1870      |
| 6         | TUR (ARHAR)          |               | 5450      | 5675      | 5800      | 6000      | 6300      |
| 7         | MOONG                |               | 5575      | 6975      | 7050      | 7196      | 7275      |
| 8         | URAD                 |               | 5400      | 5600      | 5700      | 6000      | 6300      |
| 9         | GROUNDNUT            |               | 4450      | 4890      | 5090      | 5275      | 5550      |
| 10        | SUNFLOWER SEED       |               | 4100      | 5388      | 5650      | 5885      | 6015      |
| 11        | SOYABEEN (yellow)    |               | 3050      | 3399      | 3710      | 3880      | 3950      |
| 12        | SESAMUM              |               | 5300      | 6249      | 6485      | 6855      | 7307      |
| 13        | NIGERSEED            |               | 4050      | 5877      | 5940      | 6695      | 6930      |
| 14        | COTTON               | Medium Staple | 4020      | 5150      | 5255      | 5515      | 5726      |
|           |                      | Long Staple   | 4320      | 5450      | 5550      | 5825      | 6025      |
|           | RABI CROPS           |               |           |           |           |           |           |
| 15        | WHEAT                |               | 1735      | 1840      | 1925      | 1975      | 2015      |
| 16        | BARLEY               |               | 1410      | 1440      | 1525      | 1600      | 1635      |
| 17        | GRAM                 |               | 4400      | 4620      | 4875      | 5100      | 5230      |
| 18        | MASUR (LENTIL)       |               | 4250      | 4475      | 4800      | 5100      | 5500      |
| 19        | RAPESEED& MUSTARD    |               | 4000      | 4200      | 4425      | 4650      | 5050      |
| 20        | SAFFLOWER            |               | 4100      | 4945      | 5215      | 5327      | 5441      |
|           | OTHER CROPS          |               |           |           |           |           |           |
| 22        | COPRA(Calendar Year) | Milling       | 6500      | 7511      | 9521      | 9960      | 10335     |
|           |                      | Ball          | 6785      | 7750      | 9920      | 10300     | 10600     |
| 24        | JUTE                 |               | 3500      | 3700      | 3950      | 4225      | 4500      |

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(Rs. per quintal)