India's cabinet raises MSP for summer-sown crops including cotton

India has raised the price at which it will buy the new-season common rice paddy variety from local farmers by 7%, the trade minister said on Wednesday, as New Delhi encourages farmers to boost acreage and output of the staple. The move is aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to growers for their produce and to encourage crop diversification

India's cabinet raises MSP for summer-sown crops including cotton
India has raised the price at which it will buy the new-season common rice paddy variety from local farmers by 7%, the trade minister said on Wednesday, as New Delhi encourages farmers to boost acreage and output of the staple. The move is aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to growers for their produce and to encourage crop diversification