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'Rabi MSP hike to have muted impact on inflation'
The Sunday Guardian
|October 05, 2025
The government's recent announcement of Minimum Support Price (MSP) hikes for six rabi crops is expected to have a limited impact on retail inflation, according to the ICICI Bank Global Markets report.
On October 1, 2025, the Centre announced revised MSPs for the 2026-27 rabi marketing season, with increases ranging from 4.0 per cent to 10.1 per cent across key crops such as wheat, barley, gram, lentils, mustard, and safflower. In line with the Union Budget 2018-19 commitment, the MSPs have been set at least 50 per cent above the all-India weighted average cost of production.
This story is from the October 05, 2025 edition of The Sunday Guardian.
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