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Topic: MSP

MSP under Shastri began as a crisis response. Now India must ask what role it should play today

A quiet transformation took place in India’s rural economy within five years of MSP’s introduction. All doubts about India's ability to feed itself were laid to rest.

India & Pakistan take opposite MSP paths— hiked here for 14 crops, scrapped there for wheat

Some of the heated debates now playing out in Pakistan mirror those that followed Modi’s 2020 farm law announcement. But in Pakistan, the reforms are tied to IMF loan conditions.

Parliamentary panel recommends paddy residue MSP to curb stubble burning & impact on Delhi AQI

Committee has also suggested real-time crop monitoring, district-level stubble collection centres and biomass incentives for better crop residue management.

MSP isn’t the real issue. Indian farming has changed, so should protests

The Jagjit Singh Dallewal-led agitation for ‘legal MSP’ is a pale shadow of the 2020-21 movement against new farm laws. MSP may not be as salient today as it once was.

India hits back in WTO over allegations that it supports domestic farmers more than permitted

Five countries led by US estimate that India provides support to its rice and wheat farmers ‘vastly in excess’ of what it reports to WTO. India has refuted all allegations.

Ahead of state polls, govt hikes MSP for wheat, pulses

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs Wednesday approved price hikes for six rabi crops. The MSP for wheat is now Rs 2,425 per quintal for the 2025-26 marketing season.

Nobody fully understands MSP legal guarantee even now. A panel of experts shows

Farmers should be treated as businessmen deserving of fair compensation for their produce, instead of being subjected to inadequate payments under welfare programmes like PM-KISAN.

94% of agricultural & allied output out of MSP net, govt needs to find alternatives, says SBI report

The research report also pointed out that only few states benefit from govt's procurement policy. It added that a legal guarantee for MSP would lead to the neglect of non-MSP crops.

Why Madhya Pradesh farmers are choosing pvt mandis despite MSP hike, raising worries about FCI stocks

The state registered a steep drop in procurement from 70.69 lakh metric tonnes last year to only 47.69 LMT in 2024-25 despite the MP govt announcing a Rs 125 bonus per quintal.

SubscriberWrites: Is it possible for the government to offer MSP for farmers as a legal guarantee?

Majority of economists oppose government-fixed MSPs that use cost-plus pricing as they think that supporting farmers with 'income' rather than 'price' is preferable.

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UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.