minimum support price (msp)

Chandigarh, March 16 Days after Union Minister Amit Shah criticized the "gang activities" in Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday lashed out at the Centre, accusing it of providing "VIP treatment" to the notorious gangster Lawrence Bishnoi in the Sabarmati jail in Gujarat.Mann said...

Moga, March 14. Sounding the poll bugle in Punjab, where the Assembly elections are due early next year, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that under the current Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government, religious conversions have reached alarming levels."A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

Kolkata, March 14 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said the state's farmer-friendly initiative has benefited 1.4 crore people.In a post on X on Krishak Divas, paying tribute to 14 people killed in police firing during the Nandigram anti-land acquisition protest on this...

New Delhi, March 11 Approximately 1.25 lakh tonnes of pulses and oilseeds grown during the current 2025-26 rabi (winter) season will be procured from Telangana at the minimum support price (MSP), the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday.The procurement at MSP will cost approximately ₹894...

Bhopal, March 11 – Former Madhya Pradesh Congress president Arun Yadav said on Wednesday that many farmers in the state were unable to register for wheat procurement at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the Rabi Marketing Year 2026-27 due to technical problems in the online system.Yadav...

New Delhi, March 9 The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) and a joint platform of Central Trade Unions (CTUs) held a 'Workers-Farmers Parliament' at Jantar Mantar in Delhi, demanding that the Centre abandon its "pro-US and pro-corporate" policies.The event was organized on the first day of the second...

Aizawl, March 6 More than 5,000 people have applied for loans under the Mizoram government's flagship "Bana Kaih" (handholding) scheme, state commerce and industry minister F Rodingliana informed the Assembly on Friday.In a written reply to questions from Congress member C Ngunglianchunga, the...

Chandigarh, March 6 BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Friday demanded that the AAP-led Punjab government should first account for the promises made in last year’s state Budget before presenting a new Budget on March 8.Chugh said the AAP government has repeatedly made tall claims in...

Indore, March 6 Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav announced on Friday that farmers will receive a bonus of Rs 40 per quintal during the procurement of wheat at the minimum support price (MSP) in the state.The government has decided to provide the bonus in addition to the MSP of Rs...

Bhopal, March 5 – As wheat procurement at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) in Madhya Pradesh is scheduled to begin on March 16, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday directed district collectors to ensure complete arrangements for verifying registered farmers, availability of gunny bags at...

Chandigarh, March 3: Haryana is expected to harvest 13.17 lakh metric tons of mustard, while sunflower is projected at 0.70 lakh metric tons and summer moong at 98,000 metric tons.These figures were revealed at a review meeting chaired by State Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi on Tuesday.The...

Chandigarh, March 3 Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi chaired a comprehensive review meeting on Tuesday to assess the arrangements for procuring various crops under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for the Rabi Marketing Season 2026-27.The procurement schedule for mustard, gram, lentil...

Barwani, March 2 Madhya Pradesh Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Umang Singhar said on Monday that farmers in the Nimar region were looking for new schemes from the BJP government."However, the meeting seems more like a publicity and image-building exercise than a genuine effort to help...

Barwani (MP), March 2 The Madhya Pradesh government on Monday approved schemes worth Rs 27,746 crore for agriculture and allied sectors, asserting that it remains committed to making farmers prosperous.The schemes were approved during the Krishi cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mohan...

Chandigarh, March 1 The Kisan Mazdoor Morcha announced a protest outside the office of the Amritsar deputy commissioner on March 19 to demand various issues, including the disbursement of pending compensation for damages caused by floods last year.Addressing the media here, Sarwan Singh...

Gurdaspur, March 1 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Sunday that together, "we must make Punjab 'Rangla Punjab' again," stating that it "is the sacred land of the Gurus, sacrifice, and martyrdom."He said that even after suffering the trauma of Partition, the people of Punjab...

Raipur/Bilaspur, February 28 – The Chhattisgarh government transferred over ₹10,324 crore to farmers ahead of Holi, directly crediting the amount into their bank accounts under the Krishak Unnati Yojana.Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai disbursed the funds, which represent the difference between...

Raipur, February 28 Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Saturday transferred ₹10,324 crore as input assistance to the bank accounts of 25.28 lakh farmers under the Krishak Unnati Yojana, and said that his government is committed to farmers' prosperity.The amount was disbursed during...

Chandigarh, February 28 – Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Saturday that development works in the Ladwa Assembly constituency are being carried out at a rapid pace.Various projects worth crores are underway in both rural and urban areas of the constituency. Once these works are...

New Delhi, February 27 The Supreme Court on Friday asked a high-powered committee, which was constituted to amicably resolve the grievances of the farmers who held a protest at the Shambhu border between Punjab and Haryana in 2024, to submit its report-cum-recommendations.The farmers were...