All posts tagged "Minimum Support Price (MSP)"
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46Sugar News in EnglishSugar Season 2025-26: Aligning policy for stability and growth
India’s sugar industry faces a policy crossroads in 2025–26, with rising production and ethanol blending expansion. Key reforms in ethanol pricing, MSP-FRP...
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68Ethanol & Bioenergy News in EnglishTimely farmer payments at stake if price of ethanol and sugar MSP is not revised upward: B B Thombare
B B Thombare of WISMA urged the government to allow 1G ethanol exports and revise ethanol prices to reflect the recent sugarcane...
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61Sugar News in EnglishMSP for Sugar Likely to Increase; Cooperative Sugar Mill Federation Writes to the Food Ministry
India’s sugar output for 2025–26 is forecast at 35 million tonnes, boosted by strong monsoons in Maharashtra and Karnataka, according to NFCSF....
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144Rice News in EnglishFY26 food subsidy may exceed budget estimate by Rs 22,000 crore
India’s food subsidy for FY26 is set to exceed the budget estimate of Rs 2.03 lakh crore by over Rs 22,000 crore,...
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209Maize News in EnglishWhat drives India’s maize crop revolution?
A persistent policy question in India is whether farmers actually respond to Minimum Support Prices (MSP) when choosing crops. Marc Nerlove’s 1956...
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202Wheat News in EnglishUttar Pradesh on top in wheat output but lags in procurement under MSP
Uttar Pradesh procured only 10.27 lakh MT of wheat—far below its 60 lakh MT target—despite being India’s top producer. Poor incentives, better...
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142Wheat News in EnglishFood ministry approves reserve price of wheat for open market sale
The food ministry has set the wheat reserve price under OMSS at ₹2,550/quintal for 2025–26, up from ₹2,325 last year. With 35.2...
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125Maize News in EnglishIndia has potential to more than double its maize production to 86 million tonnes by 2047: Agriculture Minister
India can double its maize output to 86 million tonnes by 2047 without using GM seeds, said Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan...
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394Rice News in EnglishMillers announce to stop milling till demands are met in Odisha
Rice millers in Odisha have suspended custom-milling of MSP-procured paddy, demanding a hike in milling charges from ₹20 to ₹100 per quintal....
