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Centre raises wheat MSP to Rs 2,585/quintal for 2026-27
Millennium Post Delhi
|New Delhi 02October2025
CCEA approves MSP hikes for all 6 mandated rahi crops
The Centre on Wednesday announced a Rs 160 hike in the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat to Rs 2,585 per quintal for the 2026-27 marketing year, as part of its efforts to boost domestic output and ensure remunerative prices to farmers.
‘The wheat MSP is Rs 2,425 per quintal for the 2025-26 marketing year (April-March).
‘The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the increase in the MSP for all six mandated rabi crops for marketing season 2026-27.
‘The increase in the MSP, in the range of Rs 160 to Rs 600 per quintal, comes ahead of Assembly election in Bihar.
This story is from the New Delhi 02October2025 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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