Lok Sabha Question No. 425 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: MSP for Kharif Crops
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.425

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  19 TH  JULY, 2016

## MSP FOR KHARIF CROPS

425.   SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE   ‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããè

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  Government  has increased  the  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  on Kharif crops including paddy and pulses, if so, the details thereof, crop-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has ensured 100% procurement of pulses at MSP like paddy and wheat, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government is aware that MSP for pulses was up by almost 50% during the last five years but production failed to increase and if so, the steps taken by the Government to mitigate the challenge with a hike in MSP?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF  STATE IN THE  MINISTRY OF  AGRICULTURE AND  FARMERS  WELFARE

‡ãðŠãäÓã एवं कसान कयाण ½ãâ¨ããÊã¾ã  ½ãñâ  Àã·¾ã  ½ãâ¨ããè (  SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

- (a):      Government  has  increased  the  Minimum  Support  Prices  (MSPs)  for  all  Kharif Crops including paddy and pulses of 2016-17 season. Details of increase in MSP for kharif crops for 2016-17 season including paddy and pulses is given at Annexure.
- (b): To ensure procurement of pulses, Government has designated Food Corporation of India (FCI) as central nodal agency. The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation  of  India  limited  (NAFED),  National  Cooperative  Consumers'  Federation (NCCF),  Central  Warehousing  Corporation  (CWC)  and  Small  Farmers  Agri-Business Consortium  (SFAC)  will  supplement  efforts  of  FCI  for  price  support  operations  for pulses.

The objective of the Government's price policy is to ensure remunerative prices to farmers by offering to procure their produce at MSP. However, farmers are free to sell their  produce  to  Government  procurement  agencies  or  in  the  open  market  as  is advantageous to them.

- (c): MSP is  one  of  the  incentives  for  farmers  to  increase  production  of  pulses.  In addition, the production of pulses depends upon several factors which inter alia include weather  condition,  quality  of  seed,  technological  development,  etc.  During  2016-17 Government has increased the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) of pulses. Further, to incentivize cultivation of pulses in the country, Government has announced a bonus of Rs.425/- per quintal for kharif pulses, namely Arhar (Tur), Urad and Moong, in addition, Government is implementing the National Food Security Mission (NFSM) - Pulses since 2008-09  through  State  Governments.  NFSM-Pulses  is  being  implemented  in  622

Districts of 27 States including all Districts of North-Eastern and hill States for promotion of pulses.

Annexure

## Minimum Support Price for Kharif crops for 2016-17 season including paddy and pulses

(in Rs.per quintal)

|        |                    |               |         |         | MSP increase in 2016-17 over 2015-16   | MSP increase in 2016-17 over 2015-16   |
|--------|--------------------|---------------|---------|---------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| Sl.No. | Commodity          | Variety       | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | Absolute                               | In%                                    |
|        | KHARIF CROPS       |               |         |         |                                        |                                        |
| 1      | PADDY              | Common        | 1410    | 1470    | 60                                     | 4.26                                   |
|        |                    | Grade 'A'     | 1450    | 1510    | 60                                     | 4.14                                   |
| 2      | JOWAR              | Hybrid        | 1570    | 1625    | 55                                     | 3.50                                   |
|        |                    | Maldandi      | 1590    | 1650    | 60                                     | 3.77                                   |
| 3      | BAJRA              |               | 1275    | 1330    | 55                                     | 4.31                                   |
| 4      | MAIZE              |               | 1325    | 1365    | 40                                     | 3.02                                   |
| 5      | RAGI               |               | 1650    | 1725    | 75                                     | 4.55                                   |
| 6      | ARHAR (Tur)        |               | 4625^   | 5050^^  | 425                                    | 9.19                                   |
| 7      | MOONG              |               | 4850^   | 5225^^  | 375                                    | 7.73                                   |
| 8      | URAD               |               | 4625^   | 5000^^  | 375                                    | 8.11                                   |
| 9      | COTTON             | Medium Staple | 3800    | 3860    | 60                                     | 1.58                                   |
|        |                    | Long Staple   | 4100    | 4160    | 60                                     | 1.46                                   |
| 10     | GROUNDNUT IN SHELL |               | 4030    | 4220*   | 190                                    | 4.71                                   |
| 11     | SUNFLOWER SEED     |               | 3800    | 3950*   | 150                                    | 3.95                                   |
| 12     | SOYABEEN           | Black         | -       | -       |                                        |                                        |
|        |                    | Yellow$$      | 2600    | 2775*   | 175                                    | 6.73                                   |
| 13     | SESAMUM            |               | 4700    | 5000^   | 300                                    | 6.38                                   |
| 14     | NIGERSEDD          |               | 3650    | 3825*   | 175                                    | 4.79                                   |

$$  MSP of soyabean yellow is also applicable to black variety. *  Including bonus of Rs.100 per quintal ^  Including bonus of Rs.200 per quintal

- ^^ Including bonus of Rs.425 per quintal

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