Income Security for Farmers
Income Security for Farmers
The Government
has set a target of doubling of farmers’ income by the year 2022. The
Government has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee under the
Chairmanship of Chief Executive Officer, National Rainfed Area Authority,
Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare to examine issues
relating to doubling of farmers’ income and recommend a strategy to achieve
doubling of farmers’ income in real terms by the year 2022.
At present, thirteen draft volumes of ‘Strategy for Doubling Farmers’
Income by 2022’ prepared by the Committee have been uploaded on the website of
this Department (http://agricoop.nic.in/doubling-farmers) for
seeking public opinion.
During the National Conference on “Agriculture-2022 – Doubling
Farmers’ Income,” Hon’ble PM has mentioned four aspects for improving the
income of farmers, viz; reducing input cost; ensuring a fair price for the
produce; reducing wastage; and creating alternate sources of income.
Further, NITI Aayog has constituted a Task Force for demonstrating
doubling of farmer’s income through new business models and relieving farmers’
distress.
Government
announces minimum support prices (MSPs) for 22 mandated crops and fair and
remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane on the basis of recommendations of the
Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the
views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned and
other relevant factors. The mandated crops are 14 crops of the kharif season
viz. paddy, jowar, bajra, maize, ragi, arhar, moong, urad, groundnut-in-shell,
soyabean, sunflower, sesamum, nigerseed and cotton; 6 rabi crops viz. wheat,
barley, gram, masur(lentil), rapeseed/mustard and safflower and two other
commercial crops viz. jute and copra. In addition, the MSPs of toria and
de-husked coconut are fixed on the basis of the MSPs of rapeseed/mustard and
copra, respectively.
Government has announced its historic decision to fix MSP at a level of
at least 150 per cent of the cost of production for kharif crops 2018-19 which
redeems the promise made in the Union Budget for 2018-19. The MSP declared
during 2012-13 to 2018-19 for various crops is at Annexure.
Year-wise details of Budget Estimates of Ministry of Agriculture and
Farmers Welfare during the last five years are as follow;
Year
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Budget Estimates (Rs. in crore
)
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2014-15
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31542.95
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2015-16
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25460.51
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2016-17
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45035.20
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2017-18
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51576.00
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2018-19
|
58080.00
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Total
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211694.66
|
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Annexure
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Lok Sabha Un-starred Question No. 1058 for
24.07.2018
7 years MSP Statement
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(Rs per quintal)
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Sl. No.
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Commodity
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Variety
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2012-13
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2013-14
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2014-15
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2015-16
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2016-17
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2017-18
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2018-19
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KHARIF
CROPS
|
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1
|
PADDY
|
Common
|
1250
|
1310
|
1360
|
1410
|
1470
|
1550
|
1750
|
|
|
|
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Grade
'A'
|
1280
|
1345
|
1400
|
1450
|
1510
|
1590
|
1770
|
|
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2
|
JOWAR
|
Hybrid
|
1500
|
1500
|
1530
|
1570
|
1625
|
1700
|
2430
|
|
|
|
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Maldandi
|
1520
|
1520
|
1550
|
1590
|
1650
|
1725
|
2450
|
|
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3
|
BAJRA
|
|
1175
|
1250
|
1250
|
1275
|
1330
|
1425
|
1950
|
|
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4
|
MAIZE
|
|
1175
|
1310
|
1310
|
1325
|
1365
|
1425
|
1700
|
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5
|
RAGI
|
|
1500
|
1500
|
1550
|
1650
|
1725
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1900
|
2897
|
|
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6
|
ARHAR(Tur)
|
|
3850
|
4300
|
4350
|
4625^
|
5050^^
|
5450^
|
5675
|
|
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7
|
MOONG
|
|
4400
|
4500
|
4600
|
4850^
|
5225^^
|
5575^
|
6975
|
|
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8
|
URAD
|
|
4300
|
4300
|
4350
|
4625^
|
5000^^
|
5400^
|
5600
|
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9
|
COTTON
|
Medium
Staple
|
3600
|
3700
|
3750
|
3800
|
3860
|
4020
|
5150
|
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Long
Staple
|
3900
|
4000
|
4050
|
4100
|
4160
|
4320
|
5450
|
|
|
10
|
GROUNDNUT
IN SHELL
|
|
3700
|
4000
|
4000
|
4030
|
4220*
|
4450^
|
4890
|
|
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11
|
SUNFLOWER
SEED
|
|
3700
|
3700
|
3750
|
3800
|
3950*
|
4100*
|
5388
|
|
|
12
|
SOYABEEN
|
Black
|
2200
|
2500
|
2500
|
-
|
-
|
-
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-
|
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Yellow
##
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2240
|
2560
|
2560
|
2600
|
2775*
|
3050^
|
3399
|
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13
|
SESAMUM
|
|
4200
|
4500
|
4600
|
4700
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5000^
|
5300*
|
6249
|
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14
|
NIGERSEED
|
|
3500
|
3500
|
3600
|
3650
|
3825*
|
4050*
|
5877
|
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RABI
CROPS
|
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15
|
WHEAT
|
|
1350
|
1400
|
1450
|
1525
|
1625
|
1735
|
|
|
|
16
|
BARLEY
|
|
980
|
1100
|
1150
|
1225
|
1325
|
1410
|
|
|
|
17
|
GRAM
|
|
3000
|
3100
|
3175
|
3500**
|
4000^
|
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18
|
MASUR
(LENTIL)
|
|
2900
|
2950
|
3075
|
3400**
|
4250*
|
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|
19
|
RAPESEED/MUSTARD
|
|
3000
|
3050
|
3100
|
3350
|
3700*
|
4000*
|
|
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20
|
SAFFLOWER
|
|
2800
|
3000
|
3050
|
3300
|
3700*
|
4100*
|
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|
21
|
TORIA
|
|
2970
|
3020
|
3020
|
3290
|
3560
|
3900*
|
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OTHER
CROPS
|
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22
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COPRA
|
Milling
|
5100
|
5250
|
5250
|
5550
|
5950
|
6500
|
7511
|
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(Calender
Year)
|
Ball
|
5350
|
5500
|
5500
|
5830
|
6240
|
6785
|
7750
|
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23
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DE-HUSKED
COCONUT (Calender Year)
|
|
1400
|
1425
|
1425
|
1500
|
1600
|
1760
|
2030
|
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24
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JUTE
|
|
2200
|
2300
|
2400
|
2700
|
3200
|
3500
|
3700
|
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25
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SUGARCANE#
|
|
170
|
210
|
220
|
230
|
230
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255
|
275
|
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#
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Fair
and remunerative price.
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##
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Single
MSP of Soyabean (yellow) is recommended by CACP since 2015-16, as black
variety of soyabean is no longer
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cultivated in major producing states. Since 2015-16,MSP of
Soyabean yellow is also applicable to black variety
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*
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Including
Bonus of Rs. 100 per quintal.
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**
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Including
Bonus of Rs. 75 per quintal .
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^
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Including
Bonus of Rs. 200 per quintal.
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^^
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Including
Bonus of Rs. 425 per quintal.
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@
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including
bonus of Rs. 150 per quintal
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