(a) whether a request has been made by the Madhya Pradesh Government to fix
support price for Linseed;
(b) if so, the action being taken by the Union Government to announce support price
for Linseed;
(c) whether the support price of Linseed for coming Rabi season is likely to be
announced; and
(d) if so, the details thereof?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE (SHRI SHRIPAD Y. NAIK)
(a) to (d): The proposal of the Government of Madhya Pradesh for fixing the
Minimum Support Price (MSP) of linseed was received last year. The case was
examined and found not feasible to agree to the proposal for various reasons including
the fact that the production of linseed is localized in nature, whereas only those
commodities are covered under MSP Scheme which have all India importance in terms
of Area and production.