Capt Amarinder okays proposal to seek hike in MSP for rabi crops from future
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday cleared a proposal seeking increase in the central government’s Minimum Support Price (MSP) of various crops for Rabi 2017-18 over the MSP during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
Disclosing this here, a spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that the state agriculture department had forwarded a detailed proposal to the Commission for Agriculture Costs & Prices (CACP) seeking hike in the MSP of Wheat from Rs.1625 per quintal in 2016-17 to Rs.2180 in 2017-18. Likewise, the agriculture department has also sought an upward revision in the MSP of Barley from Rs.1325 to Rs.1813 per quintal.
The Chief Minister has also approved demand for hike in the MSP of Gram from Rs.3800 to Rs.4193 per quintal, and of Rapeseed and Mustard from Rs. 3600 to Rs. 3960 per quintal.
The Chief Minister said the hike in the MSP was necessitated to boost the promotion of crops like Barley, Gram, Rapeseed and Mustard in the state. The move would not only benefit the state’s peasantry but also help in arresting the trend of the declining ground water.
—PTC News
