Government announces minimum support prices (MSPs) for 22 mandated crops and fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane on the basis of recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned and other relevant factors. The mandated crops are 14 crops of the kharif season viz. paddy, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, arhar, moong, urad, groundnut-in-shell, soyabean, sunflower, sesamum, nigerseed and cotton; 6 rabi crops viz. wheat, barley, gram, masur(lentil), rapeseed/mustard and safflower and two other commercial crops viz. jute and copra. In addition, the MSPs of toria and de-husked coconut are fixed on the basis of the MSPs of rapeseed/mustard and copra, respectively.
Government has announced its historic decision on 04.07.2018 to fix MSP at a level of at least 150 per cent of the cost of production for 14 kharif crops 2018-19 season which redeems the promise made in the Union Budget for 2018-19.
Earlier, the MSP fixed for Copra for 2018 and jute for 2018-19 are at level of 150 percent and 163.21 percent of cost of production respectively.
Statement indicating MSPs and return over cost of production for Kharif Crop of 2018-19 is at Annexure.
ANNEXURE
Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) and Return over Cost of Production
| (Rs/quintal) Commodity | 2018-19 | ||
| Sl. No. | KHARIF CROPS | MSP | % Return over Cost |
| 1 | PADDY(Common) | 1750 | 50.09 |
| (Grade A) ^ | 1770 | ||
| 2 | JOWAR (Hybrid) | 2430 | 50.09 |
| (Maldandi) ^ | 2450 | ||
| 3 | BAJRA | 1950 | 96.97 |
| 4 | MAIZE | 1700 | 50.31 |
| 5 | RAGI | 2897 | 50.01 |
| 6 | ARHAR(Tur) | 5675 | 65.36 |
| 7 | MOONG | 6975 | 50.00 |
| 8 | URAD | 5600 | 62.89 |
| 9 | COTTON (Medium Staple) | 5150 | 50.01 |
| (Long Staple) ^ | 5450 | ||
| 10 | GROUNDNUT IN SHELL | 4890 | 50.00 |
| 11 | SUNFLOWER SEED | 5388 | 50.01 |
| 12 | SOYABEEN | 3399 | 50.01 |
| 13 | SESAMUM | 6249 | 50.01 |
| 14 | NIGERSEED | 5877 | 50.01 |
This was stated by Shri C.R.Chaudhary ,MoS ,Ministry of Consumer affairs,Food and Public distribution in a written reply in Rajya sabha
