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Cabinet approves Minimum Support Prices for all Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24

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..... Cabinet approves Minimum Support Prices for all Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24 - News and Press Release Dated:- 18-10-2022 - News - Cabinet approves Minimum Support Prices for all Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24 104 percent rate of return over cost for rapeseed mustard, 100 percent for wheat, 85 per cent for lentil; 66 per cent for gram; 60 per cent for barley; and 50 p .....

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..... er cent for safflower The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Hon ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for all mandated Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24. Government has increased the MSP of Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24, to ensure remunerative prices to the growers for their produce. The absolute h .....

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..... ighest increase in MSP has been approved for lentil (Masur) at Rs.500/- per quintal followed by rapeseed and mustard at Rs.400/- per quintal. For safflower, an increase of Rs.209/- per quintal has been approved. For wheat, gram and barley an increase of Rs.110/- per quintal, Rs.100 per quintal respectively has been approved. MSP for all Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24 (Rs. Per .....

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..... quintal) S.No. Crops MSP RMS 2022-23 MSP RMS 2023-24 Cost* of production RMS 2023-24 Increase in MSP (Absolute) Return over cost (in per cent) 1 Wheat 2015 2125 1065 .....

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..... 110 100 2 Barley 1635 1735 1082 100 60 3 Gram 5230 5335 3206 105 66 4 Lentil (Masur) 5500 .....

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..... 6000 3239 500 85 5 Rapeseed Mustard 5050 5450 2670 400 104 6 Safflower 5441 5650 3765 209 50 .....

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..... * Refers to cost which includes all paid out costs such as those incurred on account of hired human labour, bullock labour/machine labour, rent paid for leased in land, expenses incurred on use of material inputs like seeds, fertilizers, manures, irrigations charges, depreciation on implements and farm buildings, interest on working capital, diesel/electricity for operation of pump sets etc., misc .....

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..... . expenses and imputed value of family labour. The increase in MSP for Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2023-24 is in line with the Union Budget 2018-19 announcement of fixing the MSP at a level of at lease 1.5 times of the All-India weighted average Cost of Production, aiming at reasonably fair remuneration for the farmers. The maximum rate of return is 104 percent for rapeseed mustard, foll .....

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..... owed by 100 percent for wheat, 85 per cent for lentil; 66 per cent for gram; 60 per cent for barley; and 50 per cent for safflower. From the year 2014-15, there has been a renewed focus on increasing the production of oilseeds and pulses. The efforts have yielded good results. Oilseeds production has increased from 27.51 million tonnes in 2014-15 to 37.70 million tonnes in 2021-22 (4 th adva .....

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..... nce estimates). Pulses production has shown similar increasing trend. The Seed Minikits programme is a major tool for introducing new varieties of seeds in the farmers fields and is instrumental for increasing the seed replacement rate. The productivity of pulses and oilseeds have increased substantially since 2014-15. In case of pulses productivity has been increased from 728 kg/ha (2014-1 .....

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..... 5) to 892 kg/ha (4 th Advance estimates, 2021-22) i.e. 22.53% increase. Similarly, in oilseed crops productivity has been increased from 1075 kg/ha (2014-15) to 1292 kg/ha (4 th Advance estimates, 2021-22). The Government s priority is on increasing production of oilseeds and pulses and thus fulfilling the objective of Atmanirbhar Bharat. The formulated strategies are to increase production .....

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..... through area expansion, productivity through High Yielding Varieties (HYVs), MSP support and procurement. Government is also promoting adoption of smart farming methods through the use of technology and innovation in the agriculture sector in the country. Government is implementing a Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM), which includes India Digital Ecosystem of Agriculture (IDEA), Farmers Data .....

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..... base, Unified Farmers Service Interface (UFSI), Funding to the States on the new Technology (NeGPA), Revamping Mahalnobis National Crop Forecast Centre (MNCFC), Soil health, Fertility and profile mapping. Under the NeGPA programme, funding is given to State Governments for Digital Agriculture projects using emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Internet .....

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..... of Things (IOT), Block chain etc. Adoption of drone technologies is being done. To promote smart farming, the Government also promotes Startups in the Agriculture sector and nurtures agri-entrepreneurs. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax .....

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