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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the minimum support price or MSP for crops will be at least 1.5 times the production cost, so as to boost farmers' incomes and the Centre is working with states to ensure that they get the benefit of the support prices.

With back-to-back droughts hitting the agriculture output hard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for steps to conserve water and asked farmers to focus on crop diversification and go for allied activities like dairy, poultry and food processing to boost their income.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the minimum support price or MSP for crops will be at least 1.5 times the production cost, so as to boost farmers' incomes and the Centre is working with states to ensure that they get the benefit of the support prices.

With back-to-back droughts hitting the agriculture output hard, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for steps to conserve water and asked farmers to focus on crop diversification and go for allied activities like dairy, poultry and food processing to boost their income.