The Center has revealed good news to the farmers. The Center announced the Minimum Support Price for Kharif season 2024-25.
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved to increase the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) of all Kharif crops for the 2024-25 marketing season.
Mainly paddy has been increased by 117 rupees and jowar by 191 rupees. The support price of maize has been increased by Rs 131, while the support price of tur dal (Rs 550 per quintal) has been increased by Rs 550.
Under oilseeds, the minimum support price has been increased by Rs 406 for groundnut, Niger sesame (Rs 983 per quintal) and sesame (Rs 632 per quintal) compared to last year.
The complete list of MSP for 2024-25 kharif is given below.
| S.No. | Crops | MSP RMS 2024-25 | MSP RMS 2023-24 | Increase in MSP (absolute) |
| 1 | Paddy | 2300 | 2183 | 117 |
| 2 | Paddy – Grade A | 2320 | 2203 | 117 |
| 3 | Jowar – Hybrid | 3371 | 3180 | 191 |
| 4< /td> | Jowar – Maldandi | 3421 | 3225 | 196 |
| 5 | Bajra | 2625 | 2500 | 125 |
| 6 | Ragi | 4290 | 3846 | 444 |
| 7 | Maize | 2225 | 2090 | 135 |
| 8 | Tur/Arhar | 7550 | 7000 | 550 |
| 9 | Moong | 8680 | 8558 | 124 |
| 10 | Urad | 7400 | 6950 | 450 |
| 11 | Ground Nut | 6783 | 6377 | 406 |
| 12 | Sunflower seeds | 7280 | 6760 | 520 |
| 13 | Soya Bean yellow | 4892 | 4600 | 292 |
| 14 | Sesmum | 9267 | 8365 | 632 |
| 15 | NigerSeed | 8717 | 7734 | 983 |
| 16 | Cotton – Medium | 7121 | 6620 | 501 |
| 17 | Cotton – Long | 7521 | 7020 | 501 |
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