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Govt hikes raw jute MSP by Rs 300 to Rs 5,050 per quintaledit
The Economic Times – Online
The government on Friday increased the minimum support price of raw jute by Rs 300 to Rs 5,050 per quintal for 2023-24 season. The decision was taken at the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “The approval is based on recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP),” I&B Minister Anurag Thakur told reporters. The MSP of Raw Jute (TD-3 equivalent to earlier TD-5 grade) has been fixed at Rs 5,050 per quintal for 2023-24 season.
Paddy in India
CM raises paddy purchase cap to 20 quintal per acreedit
The Times of India – Online
Amidst BJP’s attack on the state government for capping the procurement of paddy from farmers on minimum support price (MSP) to 15 quintal per acre in Chhattisgarh, chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has raised capping of per acre yield for procurement to 20 quintal per acre. The chief minister made the announcement during the discussion on the Appropriation Bill in the Chhattisgarh legislative assembly on Thursday late evening. “As soon as our government was formed, we waived the loans of the farmers. The purchase of paddy per acre on the support price is going to be increased from 15 quintals to 20 quintals on the demand of farmers during my bhent-mulaqat programme,” said the ...
Aid period extended to set up plants to use paddy straw in Delhiedit
The Times of India – Online
Delhi Pollution Control Committee has extended the one-time financial support for setting up “pelletisation and torrefaction” plants in the city to promote use of paddy straw. The plants boost the fuel calorific properties of straw and shape them into pellets for co-firing in thermal power plants. The financial support will be funded through the corpus created by the collection of the environment protection charge. DPCC said rice harvest stubble burning contributed almost 58% of the PM2.5 pollutants in 2018. Around 27 million tonnes of paddy straw are generated in Punjab and Haryana.