Lok Sabha Question No. 3553 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-17
Subject: Uniform MSP for Foodgrain
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Sanatan Pandey

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3553

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## UNIFORM MSP FOR FOODGRAIN

## 3553. SHRI SANATAN PANDEY:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष और ͩकसान कãयाण मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Minimum Support Price of paddy, wheat, gram, peas, barley are uniform throughout the country;
- (b) the reasons for different minimum support price for different grains crops in different States;
- (c) the details of minimum support price of the above grains, State-wise;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  minimum  support  price  of  the existing crops, if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण राÏय मंğी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

- (a) to (e): Every  year,  Government  fixes  Minimum  Support  Prices  (MSPs)  for  22 mandated agricultural crops for the country as a whole and not region or state-specific, based on  the  recommendations  of  Commission  for  Agricultural  Costs  &  Prices  (CACP),  after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned. The  22  mandated    crops  include  14  Kharif  crops  viz.  paddy,  jowar,  bajra,  maize,  ragi,  tur (arhar),  moong,  urad,  groundnut,  soyabean,  sunflower,  sesamum,  nigerseed, cotton  and  6 Rabi crops viz. wheat, barley, gram, masur (lentil), rapeseed & mustard, safflower and two commercial crops viz. jute and copra.

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. The details of MSP announced during current year are given at Annexure .

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Untarred Question No. 3553 due for reply on 17.12.2024

## Minimum Support Price (marketing season-wise)

(Rs. per quintal)

| Sl. No.   | KHARIF CROPS           | Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2024-25   |
|-----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1.        | PADDY(Common)          | 2300                                    |
|           | PADDY (Grade A)        | 2320                                    |
| 2.        | JOWAR (Hybrid)         | 3371                                    |
|           | JOWAR (Maldandi)       | 3421                                    |
| 3.        | BAJRA                  | 2625                                    |
| 4.        | RAGI                   | 4290                                    |
| 5.        | MAIZE                  | 2225                                    |
| 6.        | ARHAR(Tur)             | 7550                                    |
| 7.        | MOONG                  | 8682                                    |
| 8.        | URAD                   | 7400                                    |
| 9.        | COTTON (Medium Staple) | 7121                                    |
|           | COTTON (Long Staple)   | 7521                                    |
| 10.       | GROUNDNUT              | 6783                                    |
| 11.       | SUNFLOWER SEED         | 7280                                    |
| 12.       | SOYABEAN               | 4892                                    |
| 13.       | SESAMUM                | 9267                                    |
| 14.       | NIGERSEED              | 8717                                    |
|           | Rabi Crops             | Rabi Marketing Season (RMS) 2025-26     |
| 15.       | WHEAT                  | 2425                                    |
| 16.       | BARLEY                 | 1980                                    |
| 17.       | GRAM                   | 5650                                    |
| 18.       | MASUR (LENTIL)         | 6700                                    |
| 19.       | RAPESEED/MUSTARD       | 5950                                    |
| 20.       | SAFFLOWER              | 5940                                    |
|           | Commercial Crops       |                                         |
|           |                        | 2024 Season                             |
| 21.       | Copra (Milling)        | 11160                                   |
|           | (Ball)                 | 12000                                   |
|           |                        | 2024-25 Season                          |
| 22.       | JUTE                   | 5335                                    |

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