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Maharashtra agriculture experts dismiss Centre's MSP hike as 'eyewash', claim it will not benefit farmers

According to activists in Maharashtra, the government first reduced the input costs of supplements required for farming and then increased the MSP.

Farm advisory body CACP says govt should consider bringing new law 'Right to Sell at MSP' for farmers

The CACP, a statutory body under the Union Agriculture Ministry, recommends MSP for notified Kharif and rabi crops

MSP for Kharif crops: Narendra Modi government's claim of 50% margin is an eyewash; devil lies in details

Wednesday's hike in the MSP for Kharif crops isn't a first. It’s just that previously it wasn’t marketed as well as the Modi government did.

MSP for Kharif crops: Why cure for farm distress lies beyond price supports; agriculture needs to be made demand driven

The long term solution to farmers' misery is to make agriculture demand driven, than supply, and do away with the MSP.

CCEA hikes paddy minimum price by Rs 50 to Rs 1,410 per quintal

According to government data, area sown under the rice crop was higher at 4.71 lakh hectares till the last week of this season as against 4.52 lakh hectares in the same period last year.

CCEA may raise MSP of paddy, other kharif crops on Wednesday

The agriculture ministry has moved a CCEA note on MSP of various crops for the 2015-16 kharif season taking into account the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, a government advisory body.

Forget food bill, why is no one talking about the Rs 80,000 cr grain scam?

That the food grains management policy of the Congress led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government is in a mess, we all know. But the tragedy is that the mess is getting messier.

Why food prices will rise even with record procurement

Despite record stocks in the FCI's godowns, the market prices of wheat and rice will not come down due to government-created distortions

How UPA will destroy the food market and feed the rich

The combo of the Food Security Bill and the move to revise MSPs using a different methodology from the one used by the CACP will destroy the grain markets and embed inflation permanently in the economy.

Memo to Sonia: NREGA wasn't game-changer, growth was

A study by the Commission on Agricultural Costs and Prices shows that growth created more jobs than make-work schemes like MGNREGA