MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
(SHRI KANTI LAL BHURIA)
(a) & (b): The Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for the Kharif and Rabi Crops of
2006-07 season, including pulses, were announced in July and October, 2006
respectively. Details are as under:
(Rs. per Quintal)
Crop MSP for 2006-07 Season
Arhar (Tur) 1410
Moong 1520
Urad 1520
Gram 1445
Masur (Lentil) 1545
(c) & (d): The Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), while
formulating its recommendations on price policy of Crops, including pulses, considers a
number of important factors which include cost of production, changes in input prices,
input/output price parity, trends in market prices, demand and supply situation, inter-crop
price parity; effects on industrial cost structure, general price level, cost of living,
global price situation; and parity between prices paid and prices received by the farmers.
The cost of cultivation/production taken into account includes all paid out costs,
such as, those incurred on account of hired human labour, bullock labour/machine labour
(both hired and owned) and rent paid for leased in land besides cash and kind expenses
on use of material inputs like seeds, fertilizers, manures, irrigation charges including
cost of diesel/electricity for operation of pump sets, etc. Besides, cost of production
includes imputed value of wages of family labour and rent for owned land. The cost also
covers depreciation of farm machinery and buildings.
(e): The MSPs of Gram, Masur (Lentil) and Arhar (Tur) were increased each year
during the last three seasons. For Moong and Urad, the MSPs were increased during
2004-05 and 2005-06.
