Lok Sabha Question No. 805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: Revision of MSP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: M. P. Abdussamad Samadani, P. Velusamy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 805

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 th  JULY, 2023

## REVISION OF MSP

## 805.     DR. M.P. ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI: SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

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

- (a) whether the Government is taking any steps to revise the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Copra in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether the current price assures a minimum of fifty per cent as the margin of profit as targeted in 2022 and if so,  the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  progressive  steps  towards  making  it possible to double farmers' incomes by 2023 and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the various agricultural produces listed under MSP, crop-wise as on 2023;
- (e)  the  details  of  the  agricultural  produces  as  on  date,  crop-wise  and  the  cost  of production per quintal as estimated during 2022, crop and item-wise; and
- (f) the details of the factors adopted to determine the cost of production?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b):  Government has fixed Minimum Support Price (MSP) of milling copra at ₹ 10860/-  per  quintal  and  ball  copra  at  ₹  11750/-  per  quintal  for  2023  season.  This provides a margin of 52 percent for milling copra and 64 percent for ball copra over all-India  weighted  average  cost  of  production,  respectively,  which  conforms  to  the principle of fixing MSP at a level of one and half times of the cost of production as announced in Union Budget 2018-19.

(c) Government has adopted several developmental programmes, schemes, reforms and policies for achieving higher incomes for the farmers. These, inter alia, include: (i) Formation and promotion of 10,000 FPOs along with necessary financial support under Atma Nirbhar Package (Agriculture). (ii) Creation of infrastructure through Agri Infrastructure Fund (AIF) with a size of Rs. 100,000 crores. (iii) Supplementary income transfers under PM-KISAN. (iv)  Crop insurance under Pradhan Mantri Fasal BimaYojna (PMFBY). (v)  Better access to irrigation under Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana (PMKSY). (vi) Increase in Minimum Support Price (MSPs) for all 22 mandated crops ensuring a minimum of 50 percent of profit margin on the cost of production. (vii) New procurement policy under PM-AASHA in addition to FCI operations. (viii)  Kisan  Credit  Cards  (KCC)  offering  production  loan  to  even  dairy  &  fishery farmers besides agricultural crops. (ix)  National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA), which aims to evolve and implement  strategies  to  make  Indian  agriculture  more  resilient  to  the  changing climate. (x) Focus on application of digital technology at all stages of agricultural value chain. (xi) Adoption of drone technologies in agriculture which has a potential to revolutionize the Indian agriculture. (d) & (e): Details of agricultural produces listed under MSP in 2023 and the cost of production per quintal, crop-wise estimated for 2022, are given in Annexure . (f):  The  Cost  of  production  is  one  of  determinants  of  MSP.  CACP  projects cost for current year on the basis of actual paid out costs such as those incurred on account of  hired  human labour,  bullock  labour/machine  labour, rent  paid  for leased  in  land, expenses  incurred  in  cash  and  kind  on  the  use  of  material  inputs  like  seeds, fertilizers, manures, irrigation charges, depreciation on implements and farm buildings, interest on working capital, diesel/electricity for operation of pump sets etc.,

- miscellaneous expenses and imputed value of family labour.

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## Annexure

## Annex referred to in reply to part (d) & (e) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 805 due for reply on 25.07.2023

## List of Agricultural Produces listed under MSP and Projected Cost of Production

(Cost in ₹ per quintal)

| Sl. No.      | Commodity        | Variety       | 2022-23   |
|--------------|------------------|---------------|-----------|
| Kharif Crops | Kharif Crops     |               |           |
| 1.           | PADDY            | Common        | 1360      |
| 2.           | JOWAR            | Hybrid        | 1977      |
| 3.           | BAJRA            |               | 1268      |
| 4.           | RAGI             |               | 2385      |
| 5.           | MAIZE            |               | 1308      |
| 6.           | TUR (ARHAR)      |               | 4131      |
| 7.           | MOONG            |               | 5167      |
| 8.           | URAD             |               | 4155      |
| 9.           | COTTON           | Medium Staple | 4053      |
| 10.          | GROUNDNUT        |               | 3873      |
| 11.          | SUNFLOWER SEED   |               | 4113      |
| 12.          | SOYABEAN         |               | 2805      |
| 13.          | SESAMUM          |               | 5220      |
| 14.          | NIGERSEED        |               | 4858      |
| Rabi Crops   | Rabi Crops       |               |           |
| 1.           | WHEAT            |               | 1065      |
| 2.           | BARLEY           |               | 1082      |
| 3.           | GRAM             |               | 3206      |
| 4.           | MASUR (LENTIL)   |               | 3239      |
| 5.           | RAPESEED/MUSTARD |               | 2670      |
| 6.           | SAFFLOWER        |               | 3765      |
| Other Crops  | Other Crops      |               |           |
| 1.           | COPRA*           | Milling       | 6974      |
| 2.           | JUTE             |               | 2959      |

*Calendar Year

Source: CACP