Niti Aayog member Ramesh Chand has said that the government's move to increase the minimum support price (MSP) for various crops and adoption of model Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act by states would help in doubling farmers' income by the year 2022. He pointed out that these actions, including fostering competitive markets, are in line with the government's vision of doubling farmers' income within five years.
Chand said ‘I am confident that if states adopt the measures which have been suggested by the government then we will be in a position of achieve this target at the national level’. Besides, he said the growth in agriculture sector is close to 5% which is reasonable to achieve the target. He said that the Centre has also included better price realisation by farmers as one of the components in the roadmap to achieve the target. However, he said that this cannot be done only through hike in MSP, so they are emphasizing on adoption of model APMC Act by states. He added that even competitive markets are important for transmitting benefits of higher MSP to farmers.
In the month of July 2018, the government hiked the MSP for paddy by a record Rs 200 per quintal that will cost the exchequer over Rs 15,000 crore and help fulfil its poll promise to give farmers 50% more rate than their cost of production. The previous highest hike in paddy MSP was Rs 170 a quintal in the 2012-13 crop year. In the last four years, the government has raised the paddy MSP between Rs 50-80 per quintal.
Start Research-backed Investing ...Now. Subscribe to Sapphire
MoneyWorks4Me is a SEBI-registered Investment Adviser (IA) dedicated to helping investors build long-term wealth through transparent, research-driven, conflict-free guidance. Founded in 2008, we started our journey as a Research Analyst (RA), providing deep fundamental analysis, intrinsic value insights, and long-term investing frameworks for Indian equities. In 2017, we transitioned to a full-fledged SEBI-registered Investment Adviser, strengthening our commitment to acting as a fiduciary—always putting the investor’s interest first.
To become India’s most trusted, research-powered fiduciary advisory platform—where every investor, regardless of experience, can make calm, confident, and well-reasoned investment decisions.
MoneyWorks4Me ensures this through: