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Kharif MSP 2025-26

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Battle IAS current affairs title card: Kharif MSP 2025-26 (GS3 · Agriculture, 28 May 2025)
Asked by UPSCPrelims 20201 PYQ

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What happened

  • CCEA raised MSP for 14 kharif crops; common paddy at ₹2,369 per quintal [PIB].

Background

  • Biggest rise: nigerseed ₹820 [PIB].

Why it matters

  • MSP is set at least 1.5 times the all-India weighted cost; bajra has the highest margin at 63% [PIB].

How to use this in Mains

GS-III Agriculture: cropping, MSP, PDS, food processing, land reforms

  1. As per PIB (2025-05-28): CCEA raised MSP for 14 kharif crops; common paddy at ₹2,369 per quintal.
  2. MSP is set at least 1.5 times the all-India weighted cost; bajra has the highest margin at 63% [PIB].
Quotable data point

CCEA raised MSP for 14 kharif crops.

PIB: Kharif MSP, 28 May 2025

Exam angle

UPSC

Prelims: MSP.

Practice MCQs

Original practice questions (not PYQs).

Practice · UPSC

Common paddy MSP 2025-26

Answer (b) & explanation

PIB.

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Official source: PIB: Kharif MSP, 28 May 2025

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