What is MSP Mandi?

Mandi prices of most rabi crops ruled below their minimum support prices (MSPs) during the last month, even as more than half of the winter crop has been harvested (see chart).

What is the difference between issue price and MSP?

Minimum Support Price (MSP) is promised by the government for any agricultural crop whereas the issue price is the price at which government issue the same agricultural crop.

How much is MSP?

Latest Minimum Support Price – Kharif (2021-22); Rabi (2022-23)

Commodity	MSP for 2020-21 (Rs per quintal)
Wheat	1975
Barley	1600
Gram	5100
Masur (Lentil)	5100

What is a Mandi?

Mandi in Hindi language means market place. Traditionally, such market places were for food and agri-commodities. Thus the word mandi assumes the contours of a catch-all market place where anything is bought and sold. In a still predominantly rural India, mandis form part of the life-line infrastructure for the people.

How does mandi system work?

APMCs are committees regulated by states through their adoption of an Agriculture Produce Marketing Regulation (APMR) Act. Now, this is where the mandi system comes in. Unit 2020, the first sale of agriculture produce could occur only at the market yards (mandis) of APMCs.

How many commodities are in MSP?

As of now, CACP recommends MSPs of 23 commodities, which comprise 7 cereals (paddy, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley and ragi), 5 pulses (gram, tur, moong, urad, lentil), 7 oilseeds (groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soyabean, seasmum, sunflower, safflower, nigerseed), and 4 commercial crops (copra, sugarcane.

Is MSP compulsory?

The second is to provide legal guarantee for the minimum support prices (MSPs) that the Centre declares for various crops every year. Currently, there is no statutory backing for these prices or any law mandating their implementation.

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