IndiaPosted at: May 13 2026 5:10PM


‎CCEA raises MSP for Kharif crops for 2026-27, announces major hike for sunflower, cotton

‎New Delhi, May 13 (UNI) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved an increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for 14 Kharif crops for the 2026-27 marketing season, with the sharpest hikes announced for sunflower seed, cotton, nigerseed and sesamum, as the government sought to ensure higher returns to farmers ahead of the sowing season.
‎Briefing reporters after the Cabinet meeting, union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the revised MSPs were aimed at ensuring “remunerative prices” to growers and maintaining the government’s commitment to provide at least 1.5 times the weighted average cost of production for crops.
‎“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.
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