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In October, the Union Cabinet had announced an increase of up to 7 per cent in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) of rabi crops such as wheat that are being sown now for the 2025-26 marketing season that will start from April.
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The government has been strongly promoting the cultivation of pulses.In the 2023 Kharif season, the total area under cultivation across the country was 1,107.15 lakh hectares.
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Chhattisgarh is called the rice bowl. And governments there are decided only on the issue of paddy. For this reason, in the election year, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel made the support price of paddy a big issue. Watch the big report of ZEE News
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The UP government has bought around 33.852 lakh metric tonnes of paddy
A total of 4400 procurement centres had been set up across the state
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Demonstrations were held by Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) in Punjab and Haryana to demand immediate procurement of paddy, the Centre today revoked its decision.
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MSP payment to the farmers for pulses has seen the most substantial hike.
Procurement of wheat from farmers for Rabi 2020 has touched an all-time high record figure.
42 lakh farmers were paid Rs 73,500 Crore, towards Mini-mum Support Price for wheat in the current Rabi season.
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The government on Wednesday approved higher support price of 14 kharif crops including paddy and pulses in a bid to provide comfort to farmers who begin sowing in full swing from next month.
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Sowing of paddy, the main kharif crop, has gained momentum on account of good monsoon and total acreage under this crop has gone up by 6 percent to 81.93 lakh hectares so far this year, according to the Agriculture Ministry.
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Area under paddy and pulses coverage has increased marginally to 8.33 lakh hectare and 4.51 lakh hectare so far this kharif season from the year-ago period on further progress in monsoon rainfall.
Area under paddy coverage has increased by 13 percent so far in this Kharif sowing season to 3.46 lakh hectares and sowing operation?s are likely to pick up with onset of monsoon in Kerala Friday.
The government will soon decide on minimum support prices (MSPs) for kharif crops such as paddy and is also working on ways to contain the rise in prices of pulses by boosting supplies, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Thursday.
The government on Wednesday approved the decision to hike paddy MSP by Rs 50 to Rs 1,360 per quintal for the current crop year.
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