Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan approved MSP procurement of over 18 lakh tonnes of pulses and oilseeds worth Rs 11,698 crore across Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. Under the Price Support Scheme, this move ensures fair prices, prevents distress sales, and strengthens production of gram, masoor, mustard and safflower.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has approved procurement of over 18 lakh metric tonnes of pulses and oilseeds at Minimum Support Price (MSP) for the Rabi 2025-26 season across Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, with a total outlay exceeding ₹11,698 crore. The move, under the Price Support Scheme (PSS), is expected to benefit lakhs of farmers by ensuring remunerative prices and preventing distress sales amid rising input costs and market volatility.
Haryana
Union Minister Chouhan, while approving the proposal of the Haryana government, has permitted the procurement of 13,082 metric tonnes of gram and 3,60,528 metric tonnes of mustard at MSP for the Rabi 2026 season. This procurement will be done under PSS and the total MSP value of these approvals will be more than Rs 2,312.12 crore, which will ensure remunerative prices for the gram and mustard producing farmers of Haryana.
Uttar Pradesh
Under the PSS proposal of Uttar Pradesh, approval has been given for procurement of 2,24,000 metric tonnes of gram at MSP for the Rabi 2026 season, for which the MSP value is Rs 1,316 crore. Full demand (100 per cent) of 6,77,000 metric tonnes for masoor has been approved, on which the MSP value will be Rs 4,739 crore at the rate of Rs 70,000 per metric tonne, while for mustard, the approved quantity of 5,30,000 metric tonnes will have an MSP value of Rs 3,286 crore at the rate of Rs 62,000 per metric tonne.
Karnataka
In Karnataka, Shivraj has granted approval to the PSS proposal for kusum (safflower) crop during the Rabi 2025-26 season, under which the produce of approved quantity of 6,923 metric tonnes will be procured at MSP. In the proposal sent by the state, 25 per cent quantity (6,923 metric tonnes) has been approved and the MSP for kusum for 2025-26 is fixed at Rs 65,400 per metric tonne, from which the total MSP value comes to Rs 45.27 crore.
In a statement, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare said, through the approved PSS proposals for Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Karnataka, scientific and well-managed procurement at MSP of important pulse and oilseed crops like gram, masoor, mustard, and kusum (safflower) will be ensured. Since the arrangement for POS-based procurement by the states is already robust, transparent payment will be ensured for the farmers.
