October 16, 2024, 07:56 PM - 4 min read
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently praised the Cabinet's decision to increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all mandated Rabi crops for the 2025-26 marketing season.
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September 27, 2024, 05:12 PM - 9 min read
"Rahul baba, do you know full form of MSP? Which crop is of Kharif, which one is of Rabi, do you know," he asked.
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August 26, 2024, 02:57 PM - 1 min read
The Ministry of Agriculture in its communication to Karnataka Government, said that a total 22,215 tonnes of green gram will be purchased with a minimum support price of ₹8,682 per tonne.
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August 17, 2024, 05:34 PM - 2 min read
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has made a significant commitment to the state's agricultural sector. At a recent farmers' association meeting in Chandigarh, Saini assured that the Haryana government will guarantee the purchase of all crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP). This move is aimed at supporting farmers and ensuring fair compensation for their produce.
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June 4, 2024, 02:59 PM - 2 min read
The government aims to signal farmers to diversify into more remunerative crops like pulses and oilseeds, especially in regions like Punjab and Haryana, where paddy cultivation is prevalent.
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March 14, 2024, 02:12 PM - 2 min read
The farmers raised slogans against the Union government at the protest venue. A farmer from Punjab asked for action against the accused in violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri in October 2021. Mahapanchayat has led to traffic snarls at the National Capital.
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March 10, 2024, 02:21 PM - 2 min read
This move is part of a series of protests orchestrated by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha, marking a countrywide call to action.
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March 9, 2024, 12:30 PM - 2 min read
Under the assured procurement guarantee scheme, all farmers across all states will be eligible for procurement at MSP. However, the benefits of the scheme will be exclusively reserved for those farmers who transition to pulses and maize cultivation. Existing growers of these crops will not qualify for the scheme's benefits.
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March 5, 2024, 04:15 PM - 2 min read
The Congress in Rajasthan has announced plans to conduct a series of awareness meetings at the grassroots level to bolster the ongoing farmers' movement advocating for a legal guarantee on Minimum Support Price (MSP).
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March 2, 2024, 08:33 PM - 2 min read
Representatives from 37 farmer bodies, affiliated with the SKM, convened to strategize for the forthcoming "mahapanchayat" at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan.
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February 29, 2024, 11:54 AM - 2 min read
In Wednesday's meeting, the state governments were also asked to adopt or improve their existing MSP procurement applications in line with the standard and core features of the Centre's AgriStack portal, for bringing about transparency and efficiency in the procurement system before the start of 2024-25 kharif marketing season.
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February 25, 2024, 11:25 AM - 2 min read
India has proposed that developing countries be allowed to give subsidies to their poor fishermen to catch fish till exclusive economic zones (EEZs) or up to 200 nautical miles from the shore; while rich countries engaged in fishing beyond this zone should stop providing any kind of subsidies for the next 25 years.
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