Farmers protesting over MSP and farm laws clash with police at Mohali-Chandigarh border
Farmers marching towards Chandigarh’s Raj Bhavan clashed with police at the Mohali border as authorities used tear gas and water cannons to stop protesters.
Farmers marching towards Chandigarh’s Raj Bhavan clashed with police at the Mohali border as authorities used tear gas and water cannons to stop protesters.
“The government has increased the MSP of Kharif crops for Marketing Season 2026-27 to ensure remunerative prices to the growers for their produce,” Vaishnaw said.
A prominent voice of Delhi’s rural belt Chaudhary Surender Solanki on Friday welcomed the government’s decision to resume procurement of wheat from the farmers of the national capital at Minimum Support Price (MSP), something that had not happened for a couple of years.
A war of words has erupted between Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, with the former accusing the BJP-led Union government of being anti-farmer and of directing the discontinuation of the bonus above the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for paddy.
HAFED has termed a news item published in a leading national Hindi daily on April 1, 2026, regarding the incorrect Minimum Support Price (MSP) of sunflower seed mentioned in procurement instructions issued by HAFED, as misleading and far removed from the facts.
The Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) Scheme has become a key driver for the central government's purchase of 100 percent of Tur, Urad, and Masoor production at MSP.
To ensure fair prices for farmers, the Gujarat government has initiated the procurement of cotton at the Minimum Support Price (MSP).
Procurement of pulses at the MSP by the Centre is in full swing with the approval for continuation of the integrated Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) Scheme during the 15th Finance Commission cycle up to 2025-26 to help farmers get higher prices for their produce, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare said on Monday.
Gujarat purchased 10 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of groundnuts from 298 lakh farmers at the minimum support price (MSP), according to state Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel.
The Union Cabinet has increased the minimum support price (MSP) for raw jute by Rs 315, setting it at Rs 5,650 per quintal for the 2025-26 marketing season.
