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NCCF Targets Rs 12,000 Crore Turnover in FY26, Banking on Robust Government Agri-Procurement Push .(Image Source: Reuters)

NCCF targets 45% jump in sales to Rs 12,000 cr on higher agri procurement

The National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation (NCCF) is projecting a 45% jump in turnover to ₹12,000 crore in FY26, driven by…

Updated: September 27, 2025 07:39 IST

Grain-based ethanol makers seek cap on new investments

“We have urged the government to discourage giving investment approval and banks loans for the additional grain based ethanol manufacturing…

Updated: September 26, 2025 08:35 IST

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Prices of pulses rule below MSP amid cheap imports

Pulses prices in mandis are ruling below MSP as cheap imports from Myanmar, Mozambique, Tanzania and Canada flood the market.…

August 27, 2025 00:08 IST

Tur Prices Plummet Below MSP on Import Surge & Bumper Harvest Prospects, Impacting Kharif Sowing. (Image Source: Reuters)

Surge in import, record govt purchase bring down market prices below MSP

Mandi prices for tur (pigeon pea) have fallen significantly below the Minimum Support Price (MSP) due to a surge in…

July 24, 2025 05:16 IST

Cabinet approves FY26 minimum support price for Kharif crop;rice MSP increased by 3 percent

The government has approved the MSP for 15 crops, which include rice, jowar, bajra, pulses, soybean, and cotton. While the…

May 29, 2025 18:25 IST

The limit of lustre loss of wheat is relaxed up to 70% without any value cut for Madhya Pradesh.

Govt sets conservative target for wheat procurement at 30-32 million tonnes in 2024-25 season

The lower target has been fixed despite the Ministry of Agriculture hoping for a record wheat production of 114-115 million…

Updated: February 29, 2024 12:16 IST

Rahul Gandhi promises MSP law that UPA govt junked in 2010

Farmers Protest 2024: Rahul Gandhi promises MSP law that UPA junked in 2010, Congress clarifies

In 2010, the erstwhile UPA government had refused to accept the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendation that MSP should be at least…

February 14, 2024 15:41 IST

Bonus over MSP plan may hit a hurdle

Food ministry firm on MoU, no purchase of incentive-induced surplus for central pool.

November 15, 2023 03:30 IST

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Gujarat to incentivise millet production

Farmers are being incentivised to produce pesticide free millets.

April 26, 2023 00:30 IST

Committee on MSP to hold 2nd meeting on September 27 in Hyderabad

The panel has 26 members including the chairman, while three membership slots are kept aside for representatives of Samyukta Kisan…

September 18, 2022 20:33 IST

Govt likely to hike MSP by 5-20% for summer crops

Prices of farming inputs like electricity, transporarion and pesticides have seen big increases.

June 6, 2022 04:45 IST

60 CPSEs in non-strategic sector identified for privatization or closure

A group of officers from Niti Aayog, department of public enterprises and administrative ministries are identifying the companies which will…

May 16, 2022 06:30 IST

The Punjab government has asked for relaxation in norms for shrivelled grains so that farmers' produce could be procured by FCI and state government agencies.

Shrivelled grains due to heat wave: MSP wheat purchases in Punjab slow

Officials said that unusually high temperature prevailing for the last two weeks has caused grain to shrivel in Punjab, where…

April 14, 2022 01:30 IST

Factoring In: MSP no longer the mainstay of Indian agriculture

Fruit & vegetables, livestock, and fishing & aquaculture, among others, hold considerable promise; policy must factor this in

Updated: March 23, 2022 07:37 IST

Supreme Court-appointed panel wants MSP purchases capped, limited to rice and wheat

The three-member committee also recommended that mandi fees charged by Agricultural Produce Marketing Committees (APMCs) be withdrawn to reduce the…

March 22, 2022 00:30 IST

Wheat has share of 45% in the total food subsidy expenses.

Buoyant wheat export market seen to cut FY23 food subsidy bill

The Union Budget (2022-23) has made a provision Rs 2.06 lakh crore under food subsidy in 2022-23.

March 15, 2022 03:45 IST

Most of the major Banks in India, led by State Bank of India, offer interest rates to depositors between 3% and 4%, and with CPI inflation at 6 percent and WPI inflation at 13%, Indian depositors are fast losing the real value of their money through this hidden ‘inflation tax’.

From plate to plough: Stop nourishing food inflation

IF FCI were to unload its excess Grain stocks, it could bring food inflation down. but its high economic costs…

February 28, 2022 05:00 IST

The total volume of procurement by FCI and state agencies was 39 MT (wheat) and 60 MT (rice) from the grain surplus states including Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2020-21.

Little headway on plan to make UP’s MSP system stronger

Officials told FE that because of inadequate marketing infrastructure and the state government’s inability to allocate sufficient funds for development…

February 28, 2022 02:14 IST

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