Moong has experienced the greatest growth in MSP among pulses (10.35%), followed by tur (6.06%) and urad (5.3%). In an effort to avoid stockpiling, the authorities have set stock restrictions on tur and urad.
Source: Jagran English
Even as protesting oilseed farmers blocked a highway in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district on Tuesday, claiming they were selling sunflower seed to private buyers at prices as low as Rs 4,000 per quintal because the government was not purchasing their produce at the MSP, the MSP for sunflower seed has been increased by 5.6% to Rs 6,760 per quintal, up from Rs 6,400 in 2022u201323.
According to the Centre, it has significantly raised the MSP for kharif crops in order to ensure that growers receive fair prices and promote crop diversification. However, because there is no legal guarantee of the MSP for crop procurement, farmers are frequently taken advantage of by traders and are forced to sell their produce at a loss.
Source: CNN- News 18
Farm unions made this legal assurance a key demand during their year-long campaign against three Central farm policies, which were ultimately overturned. There is no room for the Centre to be complacent in light of the announcement by the farm unions of Haryana, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh that they will stage a MSP dilao, kisan bachao rally on June 12.
Making sure that every farmer receives a fair price is the difficulty; simply raising the MSP is not sufficient. It is necessary to hold accountable the organisations or businesses who underpay the labouring farmers.
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