Good News For Farmers! Centre Approves Increase In MSP For Kharif Crops For Marketing Season 2025-26 - Details

New Delhi: In a good news for farmers, the Centre on Wednesday approved approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for 14 Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2025-26. The decision was taken during the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The MSP was increased to "ensure remunerative prices" to the farmers. The support price for common varieties has been increased by Rs 69 per quintal to Rs 2,369 and for A grade varieties to Rs 2,389 per quintal for the forthcoming kharif season of 2025-26 crop year (July-June).

Among pulses, support price for tur has been raised by Rs 450 to Rs 8,000 per quintal, while that of urad MSP by Rs 400 to RS 7,800 per quintal and moong MSP by Rs 86 to Rs 8768 per quintal for 2025-26 kharif marketing season.

"The highest absolute increase in MSP over the previous year has been recommended for nigerseed (Rs.820 per quintal) followed by Ragi (Rs.596 per quintal), Cotton (Rs.589 per quintal) and Sesamum (Rs.579 per quintal)," the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs said in a press release.

"The increase in MSP for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2025-26 is in line with the Union Budget 2018-19 announcement of fixing the MSP at a level of at least 1.5 times of the All-India weighted average cost of production,: the press release added.

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