Mandi prices of major food crops below MSP due to bumper harvest, with easing prices and positive outlook for food security.

Average mandi prices of major food crops, barring wheat, are ruling below the minimum support price due to bumper harvest of kharif and rabi crops, according to the latest Reserve Bank bulletin.

Aditi Nayar added, “While the robust increase in the output of most rabi crops is likely to have boosted the agri-GVA growth in Q4FY25, the tepid pace of expansion in the industrial volume ...

Besides, there has been an upward revision ofthe kharif and rabi crops output, though marginally. Latest official data show rice (paddy) acreage in the zaid season at 3.2 mh as of May 9 against 2. ...

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While India’s benign retail inflation is primarily driven by a sharp fall in food prices, a bumper rabi harvest and higher acreage for summer crops also augur well for agriculture sector.

Chattha concludes that most farmers will likely grow wheat out of necessity, but a significant shift towards other Rabi crops like sunflower and other oilseeds is anticipated in the next season ...

“The rule is that villagers can take water only for the Rabi crop. There is enough water for the crop. The rest will be left for livestock, animals and birds because if there is no ...

While the robust increase in the output of most rabi crops is likely to have boosted the agri-GVA growth in Q4 FY2025, the tepid pace of expansion in the industrial volume growth as well as the ...