Tomar announces Cabinet decision for 2021-22 in LS

In a move to placate agitating farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra and other States, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Monday Hiked minimum support prices for Rabi Crops, including wheat, chana, gram, lentil, mustard, safflower among others, for the season 2021-22.

The MSP for wheat has been hiked from Rs 1,925 to Rs 1,975 per quintal, an increase of Rs 50 while MSP for chana (gram) has been hiked by 8.3 per cent from Rs 4,875 to Rs 5,100 a quintal, an increase of Rs 225.

As per the CCEA decision, MSP for masoor (lentil) dal has been hiked from Rs 4,800 to Rs 5,100 per quintal, an increase of Rs 300. MSP of rapeseed and mustard has been hiked by 7 per cent, from Rs 4,425 to Rs 4,650 per quintal, an increase of Rs 225. MSP for barley has been increased by 5.7 per cent, from Rs 1,525 to Rs 1,600, a hike of Rs 75. The MSP of safflower has been increased to Rs 112, from Rs 5,215 to Rs 5,327 per quintal.

Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar announced the Cabinet decision to hike MSP of rabi crops for the season 2021-22 in the Lok Sabha. Hundreds of farmer unions across Punjab and Haryana have called for multiple protests in the coming days, including a total shutdown on September 25, against the two agriculture Bills.

Meanwhile, buoyed over good monsoon and higher acreage during the ongoing kharif crops, the Ministry of Agriculture has revised foodgrains production target for 2020-21 to a record 301 million tonnes, an increase of 1.5 per cent from 298.3 million tonnes fixed earlier in April 2020. Earlier at the national conference for rabi campaign 2020, the Ministry has fixed the target of 119.60, 108.00, 5.00, 9.57, 29.00 and 47.80 million tonnes of rice, wheat, jowar, bajra, maize and coarse cereals, respectively.

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