CM Expresses Disappointment in Centre’s MSP Decision
Cabinet hiked MSP on Kharif crops Rs 100.Farmers to receive Rs 2640 after the hike.Baghel expressed disappointment on Centre’s decision.
Raipur: A day after the Centre’s decision to hike the MSP of 14 Kharif crops for 2020-21 from Rs 1,815 per quintal to Rs 1,868 per quintal, the farmers at CG will now get Rs 2640 per quintal on procurement of Kharif crops the adminration.
After the announcement, CM Baghel took to Twitter expressing disappointment with the centre’s decision.
केंद्र सरकार ने किसानों की आय दोगुनी करने का वादा किया था लेकिन समर्थन मूल्य में सिर्फ़ 100 रु की बढ़ोत्तरी हुई है।डीज़ल, बीज, दवा और खाद सबकी क़ीमतें बढ़ने से कृषि का लागत मूल्य बहुत बढ़ा है।समर्थन मूल्य कम से कम दो सौ रूपए बढ़ना चाहिए।— Bhupesh Baghel (@bhupeshbaghel) June 8, 2022
Apart from these the state government also releases Rs 9,000 per hectare as input subsidy. For the ongoing sowing season, the state agriculture department has decided to sow around 48 lakh hectares of Kharif crops. Out of this 33.64 lakh, hectares would be only paddy while the remaining would be corn, Kudo-Kutki, ragi, pulses, and several more.
The price was tweaked in favour of coarse cereals and pulses in terms of the percentage of return to farmers over their cost of production.
Under new MSPs, the expected returns to the farmers over their cost of production are estimated to be highest in case of Bajra followed Urad, Tur and Maize.
