Chandigarh, Sept. 30 -- Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Wednesday welcomed the Centre's decision to increase Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for all mandated Rabi crops for the 2027-28 marketing season, saying higher support prices would improve returns to farmers and give a fresh impetus to crop diversification.
Saini thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the union government for the decision taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by the Prime Minister.
The Centre has announced the highest absolute MSP increase of Rs 675 per quintal for safflower, followed by Rs 413 per quintal for rapeseed and mustard, Rs 390 per quintal for lentil (masur), Rs 136 per quintal for barley, Rs 83 per quintal for gram...