Cotton Msp

Farmers protest: The protesting farmers from Punjab have rejected the Centre's proposal to buy three types of pulses, maize and cotton at the old MSP and their march to Delhi will continue today

The farmers will resume their protest tomorrow after they turned down the government's 5-year proposal to buy three types of pulses, maize, and cotton at the old MSP.

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha - an umbrella organisation of farmer unions not directly linked to those leading this round of protests - has rejected a five-year contract to buy three types of pulses, maize, and cotton at the old MSP.

India Ratings & Research has revised its cotton outlook to negative for 2015-16 due to a decline in domestic yarn production, an unlikely recovery in cotton exports and a fall in domestic cotton prices below minimum support prices (MSP).

The Congress has decided to corner ruling BJP on various issues like swine flu deaths, corruption and cotton MSP, during the Budget Session of the Gujarat Assembly starting from February 23.

Even as the Gujarat government announced the successful conduct of the 7th Vibrant Gujarat global business summit, several farmers organisations and activists have criticised the police crackdown on farmers who were planning protest demonstrations on the inaugural day of the summit on Sunday.

In 72 hours, 12 farmers from Vidarbha region in Maharashtra committed suicide due to crop losses, Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samittee chief Kishore Tiwari announced today.

21-year-old Arvind Nagani of Dharai village in Gujarat's Saurashtra had taken some days off from his studies to help his father sell off their cotton produce at a marketing yard 15 km away from his village.

A farmer hailing from Surendranagar District of Gujarat's Saurashtra region allegedly committed suicide by immolating himself at a cotton marketing yard in adjoining Jasdan taluka on Wednesday, reportedly after not getting a good price for his cotton produce.

Domestic production of cotton in India this year may be at an all-time high of over 40 million bales. However, farmers who grow the crop in Telangana are in deep distress due to high input costs and low remunerative prices. In Warangal district, for instance, where 50 per cent of cultivated area grows cotton, erratic rainfall has reduced output wit...

India has raised its support price for various agri products to protect the agri sector from price fluctuations.

At present, the minimum support price (MSP) of cotton is between Rs 2800-3,300 per quintal depending on staple length.

Farmers protest: The protesting farmers from Punjab have rejected the Centre's proposal to buy three types of pulses, maize and cotton at the old MSP and their march to Delhi will continue today

The farmers will resume their protest tomorrow after they turned down the government's 5-year proposal to buy three types of pulses, maize, and cotton at the old MSP.

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha - an umbrella organisation of farmer unions not directly linked to those leading this round of protests - has rejected a five-year contract to buy three types of pulses, maize, and cotton at the old MSP.

India Ratings & Research has revised its cotton outlook to negative for 2015-16 due to a decline in domestic yarn production, an unlikely recovery in cotton exports and a fall in domestic cotton prices below minimum support prices (MSP).

The Congress has decided to corner ruling BJP on various issues like swine flu deaths, corruption and cotton MSP, during the Budget Session of the Gujarat Assembly starting from February 23.

Even as the Gujarat government announced the successful conduct of the 7th Vibrant Gujarat global business summit, several farmers organisations and activists have criticised the police crackdown on farmers who were planning protest demonstrations on the inaugural day of the summit on Sunday.

In 72 hours, 12 farmers from Vidarbha region in Maharashtra committed suicide due to crop losses, Vidarbha Jan Andolan Samittee chief Kishore Tiwari announced today.

21-year-old Arvind Nagani of Dharai village in Gujarat's Saurashtra had taken some days off from his studies to help his father sell off their cotton produce at a marketing yard 15 km away from his village.

A farmer hailing from Surendranagar District of Gujarat's Saurashtra region allegedly committed suicide by immolating himself at a cotton marketing yard in adjoining Jasdan taluka on Wednesday, reportedly after not getting a good price for his cotton produce.

Domestic production of cotton in India this year may be at an all-time high of over 40 million bales. However, farmers who grow the crop in Telangana are in deep distress due to high input costs and low remunerative prices. In Warangal district, for instance, where 50 per cent of cultivated area grows cotton, erratic rainfall has reduced output wit...

India has raised its support price for various agri products to protect the agri sector from price fluctuations.

At present, the minimum support price (MSP) of cotton is between Rs 2800-3,300 per quintal depending on staple length.