Follow Us on Google News Gandhinagar, April 17 (IANS) In a move aimed at securing fair prices for farmers and enhancing their income, the Gujarat government will begin the procurement of chana (gram) and mustard (rayda) at the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) from April 21. The state will procure these vital crops through the government’s … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) The Central government has, through its nodal agency, the Cotton Corporation of India Ltd (CCI), successfully procured 525 lakh quintals of seed cotton, equivalent to 100 lakh bales, under Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations during the current marketing season up to March 31 this year, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The Centre has procured 99.41 lakh bales of cotton directly from farmers at the minimum support price (MSP), as on March 25 this year, out of the total arrival of 260.11 lakh bales in the market, the Parliament was told on Tuesday. Similarly, the government … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday urged the state governments to ensure that there is no purchase of farm produce below the MSP announced by the Centre to ensure higher incomes for farmers. He said that 100 per cent of the production of … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The focus of the Narendra Modi-led Central government is on increasing productivity of pulses, cereals and vegetables to produce more food for improving the nutritional level of the population as well nurturing India’s ambition to become the food basket of the world, according to a … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chandigarh, March 19 (IANS) Farmer union leaders gathered in the city for a crucial meeting with the Central committee to discuss their longstanding demand for a guaranteed law on Minimum Support Price (MSP). The meeting is currently underway at the city’s Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration. Farmer leader … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bhopal, March 15 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government has commenced wheat procurement at designated mandis across the state from today. The crop will be procured at the newly announced Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 2600 per quintal, which includes additional assistance of Rs 175 per quintal. Madhya Pradesh is … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Chennai, March 11 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu state unit of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has announced a massive protest in Tenkasi on March 19 in solidarity with the third round of talks between SKM and the Union government in Chandigarh regarding the legalisation of the Minimum Support Price (MSP). … Read more
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatraya on Friday said policies of the state government are primarily focussed on the welfare of farmers by procuring all 24 crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The government has also abolished the practice of ‘Abiyana’, which had been in place since the British era. “To directly … Read more