Lok Sabha Question No. 1726 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-02-10
Subject: MSP Coverage
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dr. Amar Singh, Shri Murari Lal Meena, Dr. Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale, Shri Brijendra Singh Ola, Shri K Sudhakaran

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1726

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2026

## MSP COVERAGE

1726. SHRI MURARI LAL MEENA: DR. KALYAN VAIJINATHRAO KALE: SHRI K SUDHAKARAN: DR. AMAR SINGH: SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH OLA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ͪष एवं ͩकसान कãयाण

मंğी be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  although  more  than  200  agricultural commodities are traded on the e-NAM platform, Minimum Support Price (MSP) coverage is limited to only 23 crops and the criteria adopted for the selection of crops under MSP;
- (b) the reasons for rejecting certain crops for MSP coverage particularly with reference to major crops of Rajasthan during the last five years and the timeline for expansion of MSP coverage;
- (c)  the  details  of  financial  transfers  made  to  farmers/farming  families  through  Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in rural and urban areas during the last three years, State-wise and scheme-wise; and
- (d) the percentage of farmers selling their produce at MSP during the last three crop years State-wise  and  the  corresponding  proportion  in  Rajasthan  and  in  the  Dausa  and Jhunjhunu Parliamentary Constituency?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Every year, Government fixes Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for 22 mandated agricultural  crops  for  the  country  as  a  whole,  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  inclusion  of  crops  under  MSP  framework  is  dependent  on  several  factors which include relatively large shelf life, widely grown, item of mass consumption, essential for food security, among others.

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.

(c)  &  (d):  Increased  MSP  has  benefitted  farmers  of  the  country  including  farmers  of Dausa and Jhunjhunu Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan, which is evident from details of all India procurement, amount paid to farmers and farmers benefited during last three crop years, given below:

| All MSP Crops                   | 2022-23   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   |
|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Total Procurement (In LMT)      | 1,118     | 1,089     | 1,223     |
| Total MSP Value (In lakh Crore) | 2.47      | 2.63      | 3.47      |
| Benefited Farmers (in lakh)     | 168.12    | 152.35    | 196.35    |

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