COMMODITY
CCEA approves increase in MSP for all mandated Rabi Crops for 2027-28 marketing season
Oct-01-2026

With the aim of ensuring fair remunerative prices for growers for their produce, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved an increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for all mandated Rabi crops for the 2027-28 marketing season. The government has approved a Rs 25 per quintal increase in the MSP of wheat, taking it to Rs 2,610 per quintal for the 2027-28 Rabi marketing year. The MSP for wheat for the 2026-27 marketing year (April-March) was fixed at Rs 2,585 per quintal. The MSP of barley has been increased to Rs 2,286 per quintal for the 2027-28 Rabi marketing year, from Rs 2,150 per quintal in 2026-27.

Among pulses, the support price of gram has been increased by Rs 83 to Rs 5,958 per quintal from Rs 5,875 per quintal, while masur MSP was hiked by Rs 390 to Rs 7,390 per quintal in the said period. In the case of oilseeds, the support price of rapeseed/mustard seed has been increased by Rs 413 to Rs 6,613 per quintal from Rs 6,200 per quintal, while the safflower rate has been raised by Rs 675 to Rs 7,215 per quintal from Rs 6,540 per quintal in the previous year.

The increase in MSP for mandated Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2027-28 is in line with the Union Budget 2018-19 announcement of fixing the MSP at a level of at least 1.5 times of the All-India weighted average Cost of Production. The expected margin over All-India weighted average cost of production is 106 percent for wheat, followed by 96 percent for rapeseed & mustard; 92 per cent for lentil; 59 per cent for gram; 58 percent for barley; and 50 percent for safflower. This increased MSP of rabi crops will ensure remunerative prices to the farmers and incentivise crop diversification.

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