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Friday, September 5, 2025
TopicMinimum support price

Topic: Minimum support price

Why ailing Dallewal has landed Mann govt in tricky spot despite backing farmers’ stir in Punjab

The Punjab govt tells Supreme Court that Dallewal would accept medical aid if Centre holds talks with farmers. It is under pressure to intervene & 'save' Dallewal’s life.

Security amped up across Delhi and borders as farmers set to resume ‘Delhi Chalo’

The move comes a day after the protesting farmers rejected the Centre's proposal to buy pulses, maize and cotton crops through government agencies at MSP for five years.

Congress finally has MSP mudda against Modi. But 2 more steps to go for it to work in 2024

Legal guarantee of MSP as per Swaminathan Commission formula tops the farmers' list of demands. The Congress has aligned itself with an ongoing and powerful struggle on the ground.

Panel of 3 Union ministers, including Piyush Goyal to hold talks with protesting farmers

This will be the third round of talks after the previous rounds of dialogue on 8 &12 February remained inconclusive. The panel will include Piyush Goyal, Arjun Munda and Nityanand Rai.

Police fortifies Delhi-Haryana borders as farmers set to march towards Delhi

The Haryana government has also imposed restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC in as many as 15 districts, banning any kind of demonstration or march with tractor trolleys.

Modi government hikes minimum support prices for 2023-24 kharif crops

Union Food and Public Distribution Minister Piyush Goyal said total food grain production for the agricultural year 2022-23 is projected at 330.5 million tonnes.

A glut is forcing Punjab farmers to sell capsicum at Rs 2/kg — ‘like giving it away for free’

Encouraged by govt's crop diversification push, Mansa farmers switched to growing capsicum, but excessive produce this yr has led to massive price drop — from Rs 25 last yr to Rs 2.

‘What option do we have other than suicide?’ Onion farmers in Maharashtra cry for help amid crashing prices

Farmers in Lasalgaon call for a base price of at least Rs 1,000 per/kg and governments' intervention

Losing the pulse: Farmers will suffer a setback with falling chana prices. Govt must observe

With prices of chana trickling for two years now, the government must revisit its policies and save the crop before it is too late.

Govt hikes MSP for wheat, mustard and 4 other rabi crops to boost production

The minimum support price for wheat was increased by Rs 110 to Rs 2,125 per quintal and mustard by Rs 400 to Rs 5,450 per quintal for the current crop year.

On Camera

Kolkata’s silencing of Javed Akhtar exposes India’s secular vacuum

Even those parties that wear the label of secular and progressive often bow to the pressures of fundamentalist groups within the Muslim community.

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Dassault Aviation takes majority control of joint venture with Anil Ambani’s Reliance

Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.