Lok Sabha Question No. 210 (STARRED), answered on 2024-12-10
Subject: Cultivation Cost of Rabi Crops
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Naveen Jindal

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 210

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## CULTIVATION COST OF RABI CROPS *210. SHRI NAVEEN JINDAL:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष और िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state: (a) the cultivation cost  of  various  winter  sown  (Rabi)  crops  vis  a  vis  MSP announced; (b) the names of the winter crops for which arrangements are made for procurement; and (c) the  steps  taken  to  adopt  wider measures that include notional value of owned

- capital and rent on land, while fixing MSP for various crops?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

क ृ िष और िकसान कʞाण मंũी (SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH CHOUHAN) (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO  210  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  10 TH   DECEMBER,  2024  REGARDING 'CULTIVATION COST OF RABI CROPS'.

- (a): The details of the cost of production for 6 Rabi crops for which Minimum Support Price (MSP) has been fixed by the Government vis-à-vis MSP announced for Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2025-26 is given in table below:

(in ₹ per quintal)

|   S. No. | Crop             |   Cost of Production |   MSP |
|----------|------------------|----------------------|-------|
|        1 | WHEAT            |                 1182 |  2425 |
|        2 | BARLEY           |                 1239 |  1980 |
|        3 | GRAM             |                 3527 |  5650 |
|        4 | MASUR (LENTIL)   |                 3537 |  6700 |
|        5 | RAPESEED/MUSTARD |                 3011 |  5950 |
|        6 | SAFFLOWER        |                 3960 |  5940 |

- (b):    Arrangement  for  procurement  of  all  six  mandated  rabi  crops  are  made  by  the Government.  In  case  of  Wheat  &  Barley,  Food  Corporation  of  India  (FCI)  and  other designated State Agencies provide price support to the farmers. Procurement of pulses viz. Gram and Masur (lentil) and oilseeds viz. Rapeseed/Mustard and Safflower is done under Price  Support  Scheme  (PSS)  under  umbrella  scheme  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Annadata  Aay Sanrakshan  Abhiyan  (PM-AASHA)  as  and  when  market  price  of  these  commodities  fall below the MSP.
- (c) :  Cost  of  production  (CoP)  is  one  of  the  important  factors  in  the  determination  of MSP. While recommending its price policy, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) considers all costs in a comprehensive manner which include all paid out costs and imputed value of family labour.

The  Union  Budget  for  2018-19  had  announced  the  pre-determined  principle  to  keep Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  at  levels  of  one  and  half  times  of  the  cost  of  production. Accordingly,  Government  had  increased  MSP  for  all  mandated  Kharif,  Rabi  and  other Commercial crops with a minimum return of 50 percent over all India weighted average cost of production from year 2018-19 onwards.

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