Lok Sabha Question No. 2804 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-10
Subject: Mandated Crops for MSP
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Amra Ram

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2804

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 10 TH  MARCH, 2026

## MANDATED CROPS FOR MSP

## 2804. SHRI AMRA RAM:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of the crops for which Minimum Support Price has been declared in the country;
- (b) the year since when the MSP for these crops have been announced,
- (c) the details of the increase and the quantum of increases in the MSP for crops, yearwise,
- (d) the details of prices of fertilizers, seeds and diesel during these years,
- (e) the details of production of crops during the 2014 to 2025, out of which the number of crops procured at Minimum Support Price and the details of the price of those crops in the market, year-wise
- (f)  the  estimated  loss  to  farmers  due  to  non-purchase  of  crops  by  Government  after declaring Minimum Support Price from 2014 to 2025, and
- (g) whether the Government proposes to procure the entire crop of the farmers to prevent the loss in prices to the farmers and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY)

(a) to (c): Every year, Government fixes Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for 22 mandated agricultural  crops  for  the  country  as  a  whole,  based  on  the  recommendations  of  the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of the State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned. The 22 mandated crops include 14 Kharif crops viz. paddy, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, arhar, moong, urad, groundnut, soybean (yellow), sunflower seed, 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 Agricultural Prices Commission was constituted in the year 1965 which was renamed as the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) in the year 1985. The  mandate  of  the  CACP  is  to  recommend  Minimum  Support  Prices  (MSP)  for  22 agricultural  commodities  and  Fair  and  Remunerative  Price  (FRP)  for  sugarcane.  The details of the MSP for the year 2024-25 and 2025-26 and absolute increase are given at Annexure I.

(d): The MRP of Urea during the last five years is Rs.242 per 45 kg bag of Urea (exclusive of Central/State levies/GST and charges towards neem coating).  Details of the average MRP (in Rs. Per 50 Kg bag) of major P&K fertilizers viz., DAP, MOP, SSP, NPK 12-3216, NPK 10-26-26 and NPK 20-20-0-13 are attached as under:

| Product Name   |   2024-25 |   2025-26 (as on February, 2026) |
|----------------|-----------|----------------------------------|
| DAP            |   1350    |                          1350    |
| 10-26-26       |   1530.22 |                          1814.82 |
| 12-32-16       |   1498.89 |                          1711.87 |
| 20-20-0-13     |   1283.31 |                          1414.57 |
| MOP            |   1557.56 |                          1710.54 |
| SSP-Powdered   |    506.95 |                           506.57 |

During the years 2024-25 and 2025-26 (up to 04.03.2026), the average retail selling price of diesel in Delhi was Rs. 87.64 per litre and Rs. 87.67 per litre, respectively.

The data on retail prices of seeds are not maintained centrally by the Government. Seed prices  vary  depending  on  crop,  variety/hybrid,  brand  and  location  and  are  generally determined by market forces, except in certain cases such as Bt cotton seeds where the Government notifies the Maximum Sale Price. Further, during the year 2025-26, the price of Bt. Cotton seeds has been fixed at Rs. 635 per packet (450 grams) for BG-I and Rs. 901 per packet (450 grams) for BG-II.

- (e): The year-wise details of production, procurement and all India mandi prices of 22 MSP crops during 2014 to 2025 are given in Annexure-II .

(f) & (g): The Union Budget for 2018-19 had announced the pre-determined principle to keep MSPs at levels of at least one and half times of the cost of production. Accordingly, Government had increased MSPs 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.

Government procures cereals and coarse cereals through Food Corporation of India (FCI) and other designated State Agencies to provide price support to the farmers. Procurement of pulses, oilseeds and copra is done under Price Support Scheme under Umbrella Scheme of Pradhan Mantri Annadata AaySanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA), on the request of the concerned State Government as per the guidelines as and when market price  of  these  produce  fall below the  MSP.  Procurement agencies  under  PMAASHA Scheme are National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) and National Co-operative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF). Cotton and Jute are also procured by Government at MSP through Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) and Jute Corporation of India (JCI), respectively.

Increased MSP has benefitted farmers of the country which is evident from details of all India procurement and MSP amount paid to farmers during last three years, given below:

## Procurement & MSP value of MSP Crops

| AllMSP Crops                              |   2014-15 | 2024-25   |
|-------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Total Procurement (in lakh metric tonnes) |    779    | 1,175     |
| TotalMSP Value (in lakh crore)            |      1.27 | 3.33      |

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Untarred Question No. 2804 due for reply on 10.03.2026

| Minimum Support Price (Marketing Season-wise)(₹/quintal)   | Minimum Support Price (Marketing Season-wise)(₹/quintal)   | Minimum Support Price (Marketing Season-wise)(₹/quintal)   | Minimum Support Price (Marketing Season-wise)(₹/quintal)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Commodities                                                | KMS 2024-25                                                | KMS 2025-26                                                | Absolute Increase in MSP                                   |
| KHARIF CROPS                                               |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            |
| Paddy (Common)                                             | 2300                                                       | 2369                                                       | 69                                                         |
| Paddy (Grade 'A')                                          | 2320                                                       | 2389                                                       | 69                                                         |
| Jowar (Hybrid)                                             | 3371                                                       | 3699                                                       | 328                                                        |
| Jowar (Maldandi)                                           | 3421                                                       | 3749                                                       | 328                                                        |
| Bajra                                                      | 2625                                                       | 2775                                                       | 150                                                        |
| Ragi                                                       | 4290                                                       | 4886                                                       | 596                                                        |
| Maize                                                      | 2225                                                       | 2400                                                       | 175                                                        |
| Arhar                                                      | 7550                                                       | 8000                                                       | 450                                                        |
| Moong                                                      | 8682                                                       | 8768                                                       | 86                                                         |
| Urad                                                       | 7400                                                       | 7800                                                       | 400                                                        |
| Cotton (Medium Staple)                                     | 7121                                                       | 7710                                                       | 589                                                        |
| Cotton (Long Staple)                                       | 7521                                                       | 8110                                                       | 589                                                        |
| Groundnut                                                  | 6783                                                       | 7263                                                       | 480                                                        |
| Sunflower Seed                                             | 7280                                                       | 7721                                                       | 441                                                        |
| Soyabean Yellow                                            | 4892                                                       | 5328                                                       | 436                                                        |
| Sesamum                                                    | 9267                                                       | 9846                                                       | 579                                                        |
| Nigerseed                                                  | 8717                                                       | 9537                                                       | 820                                                        |
| RABI CROPS                                                 | RMS 2025-26                                                | RMS 2026-27                                                |                                                            |
| Wheat                                                      | 2425                                                       | 2585                                                       | 160                                                        |
| Barley                                                     | 1980                                                       | 2150                                                       | 170                                                        |
| Gram                                                       | 5650                                                       | 5875                                                       | 225                                                        |
| Masur                                                      | 6700                                                       | 7000                                                       | 300                                                        |
| Rapeseed &mustard                                          | 5950                                                       | 6200                                                       | 250                                                        |
| Safflower                                                  | 5940                                                       | 6540                                                       | 600                                                        |
| COMMERCIAL CROPS                                           |                                                            |                                                            |                                                            |
|                                                            | 2025-26                                                    | 2026-27                                                    |                                                            |
| Jute                                                       | 5650                                                       | 5925                                                       | 275                                                        |
|                                                            | 2025                                                       | 2026                                                       |                                                            |
| Copra (milling)                                            | 11582                                                      | 12027                                                      | 445                                                        |
| Copra (ball)                                               | 12100                                                      | 12500                                                      | 400                                                        |

## Details of production, procurement and Market Prices of MSP Crops

| Production (in lakh tonnes)     | Production (in lakh tonnes)     | Production (in lakh tonnes)     | Production (in lakh tonnes)     | Production (in lakh tonnes)     | Production (in lakh tonnes)     | Production (in lakh tonnes)     | Production (in lakh tonnes)     | Production (in lakh tonnes)     |                                 |                                 |                                 |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Crop                            | 2014-15                         | 2015-16                         | 2016-17                         | 2017- 18                        | 2018-19                         | 2019-20                         | 2020-21                         | 2021-22                         | 2022-23                         | 2023-24                         | 2024-25                         |
| Total Food Grains               | 2520.25                         | 2515.42                         | 2751.10                         | 2850.1 4                        | 2852.09                         | 2975.04                         | 3107.42                         | 3156.16                         | 3296.87                         | 3322.98                         | 3577.32                         |
| Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW | Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW | Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW | Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW | Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW | Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW | Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW | Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW | Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW | Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW | Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW | Source-Advance estimates, DA&FW |
| Procurement (in LMT)            | Procurement (in LMT)            | Procurement (in LMT)            | Procurement (in LMT)            | Procurement (in LMT)            | Procurement (in LMT)            | Procurement (in LMT)            | Procurement (in LMT)            | Procurement (in LMT)            | Procurement (in LMT)            | Procurement (in LMT)            | Procurement (in LMT)            |
| Crop                            | 2014-15                         | 2015-16                         | 2016-17                         | 2017- 18                        | 2018-19                         | 2019-20                         | 2020-21                         | 2021-22                         | 2022-23                         | 2023-24                         | 2024-25                         |
| All MSP Crops                   | 778.51                          | 743.93                          | 883.28                          | 993.8 5                         | 1043.32                         | 1227.17                         | 1367.92                         | 1083.35                         | 1118.29                         | 1089.05                         | 1175.00                         |

## Annexure II

|                    | Yearly Mandi Prices of MSP Commodities (in   | Yearly Mandi Prices of MSP Commodities (in   | Yearly Mandi Prices of MSP Commodities (in   | Yearly Mandi Prices of MSP Commodities (in   | Yearly Mandi Prices of MSP Commodities (in   | Yearly Mandi Prices of MSP Commodities (in   | Yearly Mandi Prices of MSP Commodities (in   | Yearly Mandi Prices of MSP Commodities (in   | Yearly Mandi Prices of MSP Commodities (in   | Rs. per quintal)   | Rs. per quintal)   | Rs. per quintal)   |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Commodities        | 2014                                         | 2015                                         | 2016                                         | 2017                                         | 2018                                         | 2019                                         | 2020                                         | 2021                                         | 2022                                         | 2023               | 2024               | 2025               |
| KHARIF CROPS       |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                    |                    |                    |
| Paddy (Common)     | 1658                                         | 1498                                         | 1581                                         | 1791                                         | 1967                                         | 1862                                         | 1857                                         | 1933                                         | 2115                                         | 2248               | 2356               | 2368               |
| Jowar              | 1914                                         | 1984                                         | 1940                                         | 1885                                         | 2066                                         | 2393                                         | 2390                                         | 2250                                         | 2755                                         | 3783               | 3144               | 3039               |
| Bajra              | 1173                                         | 1233                                         | 1457                                         | 1212                                         | 1333                                         | 1818                                         | 1491                                         | 1469                                         | 1974                                         | 2188               | 2396               | 2348               |
| Ragi               | 1578                                         | 1573                                         | 1714                                         | 2185                                         | 2105                                         | 2314                                         | 2339                                         | 2688                                         | 2296                                         | 3316               | 3213               | 3252               |
| Maize              | 1191                                         | 1247                                         | 1383                                         | 1259                                         | 1290                                         | 1799                                         | 1436                                         | 1488                                         | 1955                                         | 1936               | 2172               | 1934               |
| Arhar              | 4322                                         | 5902                                         | 8040                                         | 4404                                         | 3991                                         | 5007                                         | 4958                                         | 6035                                         | 6164                                         | 7828               | 9830               | 6867               |
| Moong              | 5933                                         | 7225                                         | 5493                                         | 4819                                         | 4823                                         | 5681                                         | 6151                                         | 6131                                         | 6327                                         | 7708               | 7512               | 6917               |
| Urad               | 4116                                         | 7897                                         | 7263                                         | 3775                                         | 3753                                         | 4685                                         | 6044                                         | 5852                                         | 6083                                         | 7323               | 7855               | 6591               |
| Cotton             | 4571                                         | 4245                                         | 4804                                         | 4699                                         | 5995                                         | 5156                                         | 2400                                         | 6616                                         | 8648                                         | 7317               | 7168               | 7032               |
| Groundnut          | 3565                                         | 4441                                         | 4474                                         | 4024                                         | 3965                                         | 4516                                         | 4802                                         | 5427                                         | 5724                                         | 6502               | 5635               | 5353               |
| Sunflower Seed     | 3101                                         | 3154                                         | 3225                                         | 3037                                         | 3423                                         | 3924                                         | 4251                                         | 5696                                         | 5926                                         | 4751               | 5961               | 7118               |
| Soyabean Yellow    | 3311                                         | 3427                                         | 3110                                         | 2709                                         | 3186                                         | 3512                                         | 3808                                         | 5484                                         | 5532                                         | 4784               | 4277               | 4158               |
| Sesamum            | 9276                                         | 7171                                         | 6506                                         | 6364                                         | 8983                                         | 10734                                        | 9195                                         | 9099                                         | 10886                                        | 13965              | 12604              | 9810               |
| Nigerseed          | 3830                                         | 5550                                         | 5689                                         | 4690                                         | 4172                                         | 4483                                         | 4802                                         | 6051                                         | 6571                                         | 7070               | 7234               | 7957               |
| RABI CROPS         |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                    |                    |                    |
| Wheat              | 1510                                         | 1496                                         | 1602                                         | 1648                                         | 1753                                         | 1886                                         | 1888                                         | 1927                                         | 2138                                         | 2258               | 2425               | 2518               |
| Barley             | 1131                                         | 1102                                         | 1462                                         | 1446                                         | 1325                                         | 1594                                         | 1425                                         | 1594                                         | 2620                                         | 1937               | 1925               | 2105               |
| Gram               | 2860                                         | 3881                                         | 5619                                         | 5271                                         | 3715                                         | 4145                                         | 4168                                         | 4772                                         | 4706                                         | 5102               | 6098               | 5635               |
| Masur              | 4516                                         | 5326                                         | 5993                                         | 4240                                         | 3707                                         | 4135                                         | 4996                                         | 5763                                         | 6435                                         | 5878               | 6062               | 6389               |
| Rapeseed & mustard | 3094                                         | 3639                                         | 3855                                         | 3447                                         | 3602                                         | 3572                                         | 4156                                         | 5817                                         | 6351                                         | 5099               | 5255               | 5921               |
| Safflower          | 2826                                         | 2596                                         | 2707                                         | 2945                                         | 3152                                         | 4258                                         | 3436                                         | 4448                                         | 5131                                         | 4326               | 5471               | 6224               |
| COMMERCIAL CROPS   |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                                              |                    |                    |                    |
| Jute               | 2577                                         | 3687                                         | 4166                                         | 3282                                         | 3689                                         | 4036                                         | 4634                                         | 6188                                         | 5847                                         | 5094               | 5178               | 6791               |
| Copra              | 10873                                        | 12056                                        | 6225                                         | 8793                                         | 10719                                        | 11107                                        | 10040                                        | 13619                                        | 11381                                        | 8366               | 10041              | 15222              |

Note: Yearly Mandi Prices of all MSP crops except copra have been taken from UPAg portal. Yearly Mandi Prices of Copra are taken from Agmarknet portal.

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