Minimum Support Price (MSP)
Sub-Saharan Africa’s Economic Outlook 2025: Navigating Uncertainty and Aligning Policy for Sustainable Recovery
The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …Working group report on crop husbandry, agriculture inputs, demand & supply
A working group under the Niti Aayog said an 'open-ended' procurement of wheat and rice from farmers at MSP acts as a disincentive for crop diversification, and suggested that the Centre should purchase these commodities only to meet the requirement under the food law and other welfare schemes. The 23-member …Tackling food inflation: is restricting exports and imposing stocking limits the optimal policy?
In a somewhat concerning development on macro-economic front, retail inflation, measured by the year-on-year (YoY) Consumer Price Index (CPI) remains above the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) upper tolerance ceiling of 6 percent (4+/- 2 percent), at 6.83 percent in August 2023. In the last month, retail inflation had surged …Coarse grains production and distribution: Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (2022-2023)
The Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution in its report titled Coarse grains production and distribution, said Considering the fact that more and more states are opting for millets, with a view to encourage remaining states to opt for nutritious and healthy millets in combination with rice …Agricultural value chains in India: ensuring competitiveness, inclusiveness, sustainability, scalability, and improved finance
This book provides a clear holistic conceptual framework of CISS-F (competitiveness, inclusiveness, sustainability, scalability and access to finance) to analyse the efficiency of value chains of high value agricultural commodities in India. It is based on the understanding that agriculture is an integrated system that connects farming with logistics, processing …Sixteenth report on action taken by the government on the recommendations/ observations contained in the Eleventh Report of the Committee (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on the …
This Report of the Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in the Eleventh Report of the Committee (17th Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Price Rise of Essential Commodities - Causes & Effects’ pertaining to the …Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding farm laws, 12/01/2021
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Rakesh Vaishnav & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/01/2021. The matter related to validity of three farm laws and the protest by the farmers against these laws: (1) Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) …New farm acts: understanding the implications
The three new farm acts legislated by the Government of India have been widely acclaimed at home and abroad as historical and long overdue. However, some experts, states, and stakeholders, including farmers, have been protesting against them and seeking their withdrawal. This paper presents the context and significant reasons for …Do Storage and Structural Factors Determine Agricultural Commercialization in India?
This paper analyses the role of storage facility and structural factors in determining agricultural commercialization in India. Commercialization of agriculture represents an important aspect of farm market behavior. Farmers' commercialization decision may be represented by farmers' decision to participate in market sale, degree of market participation, number of market transactions …Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Benefit of MSP to Majority of Farmers, 26/07/2019
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Benefit of MSP to Majority of Farmers, 26/07/2019. To provide the benefit of Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers, Government agencies procure the notified agricultural produce of Fair Average Quality (FAQ) at MSP directly from farmers in consultation with the concerned State Government / …Rahul says govt treats farmers as inferior, Rajnath Singh points to Congress years
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday questioned the “double standards” of the Union government in giving tax concessions and waivers to the rich while criticising the Budget for not having any “concrete step” to provide relief to farmers in the country. “In the last five years, the BJP government gave …Agrarian distress in India: possible solutions
Agrarian distress in India, built-up over time, has further deteriorated recently. At the height of the farm output, Indian farmers are a disappointed lot. Despite spectacular rise in agricultural production, they continue to languish in poverty. The underlying reasons for agrarian distress in India are: a) unviable agriculture; b) ineffective …Rs 100cr Minimum Support Price relief for farmers
New Delhi: Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Tuesday announced an allocation of Rs 100 crore for providing Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers as recommended by the Swaminathan Commission. Presenting Delhi government’s annual Budget for 2019-20 in the Delhi Assembly, Mr Sisodia said Delhi is the first state in …Agriculture marketing and role of weekly gramin haats: Standing Committee on Agriculture (2018-2019)
The Standing Committee on Agriculture (2018-2019) present this Sixty Second Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject "Agriculture Marketing and Role of Weekly Gramin Haats" pertaining to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare).Innovative policy interventions for transformation of farm sector
Agriculture and allied sectors provide employment to close to half of the workforce of the country and contribute about 17 per cent of national income. Among the ten major sectors of Indian economy the contribution of agriculture is highest both in employment as well as in value added output. Therefore …Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income: Volume XIV - Comprehensive Policy Recommendations (Ashok Dalwai Committee)
The fourteenth volume of the Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) is a compilation of the various subject matter recommendations, which are detailed in the previous Volumes. The recommendations are presented theme-wise where possible, with timelines indicated, to guide the implementing parties. The agencies responsible would further …All India Rural Financial Inclusion Survey 2016-17
Even as it remains to be seen whether the government will be able to successfully implement its promise of buying all crops from farmers at a minimum support price (MSP) equal to 1.5 times their A2+FL costs, or make deficiency payments based on the MSP if they can’t procure the …Supporting Indian farmers: price support or direct income/investment support?
With increasing farm distress in the wake of falling farm prices in 2017, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh (GoMP) came out with an innovative scheme called Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana (BBY), a price deficiency payment (PDP) scheme, to support farmers. It covered eight Kharif crops in 2017-18 and promised to …Report of Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income: Volume I - March of agriculture since independence and growth trends ( Ashok Dalwai Committee)
India needs an investment of Rs 6,399 billion for doubling farmers’ real income by 2022-23 say these reports of the interministerial committee on doubling farmer’s income released by the Ministry of Agriculture The first volume of the Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) intended to examine the …Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income: Volume IV - post-production interventions: agricultural marketing (Ashok Dalwai Committee)
The fourth volume of the Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) examines the status and reforms needed in the agricultural marketing system. A clear differentiation is proposed between the system that facilitates marketing of agricultural produce and the modes to connect the produce to markets. The latter …Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Food Corporation of India
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has said in an audit report on the Food Corporation of India (FCI) that more than 4.72 lakh tonnes of wheat valued at Rs700.30 crore got damaged in Punjab till March 2016 due to delay in implementation of the private entrepreneur scheme which …
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