The Centre has given its nod to the Chhattisgarh government’s plan of procuring arhar (pigeon pea), moong (green gram), and urad (black gram) at minimum support prices (MSPs) in the kharif marketing season 2022-23, Business Standard reports. The Bhupesh Baghel government had announced in July procuring arhar, urad, and moong at MSPs. Farmers will get Rs 6,600 per quintal for moong and urad, […]
Production of rice in the ongoing kharif season is expected to be 6.7 million tonnes less than last year, according to the first advance estimate of agriculture production for the 2022-23 crop year (July-June). This is almost 6.05 per cent less than the same period last year at 104.99 million tonnes. Rice production in the 2021-22 kharif season was a record […]
Finance Secretary T V Somanathan said the government is yet to take a decision on extending PMGKAY under which 5 kilograms of foodgrains is provided free of cost to the poor. The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PM-GKAY) is to end on September 30. It was launched in March 2020 with an aim to […]
Releasing the fourth advance estimate for the 2021-22 crop year, the Union agriculture ministry has announced a record output is also estimated for rice, maize, gram, pulses, rapeseed and mustard, oilseeds and sugarcane. The crop year 2021-22 was from July 2021 to June 2022. The country’s overall foodgrain production is estimated to be record 315.72 […]
To meet domestic shortfall, the Indian government has allowed imports of 0.6 million tonnes (MT) of tur and urad annually under bilateral agreements with Myanmar, Mozambique and Malawi, through five ports. According to a notification issued by the Directorate General Foreign Trade, import of pulses will be allowed through five ports – Mumbai, Tuticorin, Chennai, […]
Retail prices of tomato, which rose to Rs 100/kg six weeks ago as heat waves adversely impacted output, has since moderated thanks to robust arrivals and prospects of good crop in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. According to data by the department of consumer affairs, although average retail prices of tomato are still higher […]
Mandi prices of several agricultural commodities for which the government has just announced a 5-9% increase in minimum support prices (MSPs) for the 2022-23 season are currently ruling above the MSP. Only the prices of pulses have been subdued, ruling below the benchmark price. Mandi prices of oilseeds, especially soyabean, whose MSP was hiked 9% […]
India hiked the minimum support price for kharif crops by 4-9 per cent for the 2022-23 crop year, with paddy MSP being raised by Rs 100 to Rs 2,040 per quintal. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved the increase in MSPs for all 14 kharif (summer) crops for 2022-23 crop year. “The MSP […]
India’s foodgrain production will rise 1.2% on year to a new record of 314.51 million tonnes (MT) for the 2021-22 crop year (July-June), according to the third advance estimate released by the agriculture ministry. In the second advance estimate released in February, the production was seen at 316.06 MT. Wheat production estimate for the current […]
The overall sowing under summer crops in India has reached 71.88 lakh hectares (lh) in the first week of May. It’s up by 4.4 per cent from 68.84 lh in the same period last year. According to the data released by the Union Agriculture Ministry, the area under pulses has increased by 18.4 per cent […]
