Minimum support prices (MSP)
The minimum support price is the price the Government of India announces for each marketing season: government procurement centres buy the crop at no less than it. Comparing what the trader pays with it shows how much less a farmer got. Prices are in rupees a quintal.
The kharif marketing season runs from 1 October to 30 September; the rabi season from 1 April to 31 March, but rabi crops are harvested and bought from February (gram was bought at the new price in February), so a rabi crop sold from 1 February takes the new season's price. Paddy harvested in yasangi is sold at the price of the kharif season that began the October before. An earlier sale takes the old season's price. This rule is for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh only.
Used by: Rythu Lekkalu
Minimum support prices, rabi marketing season 2027-28
Checked against the official release 1 April 2027 to 31 March 2028
- Cabinet decision
- 30 September 2026
- Source
- Cabinet approves Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2027-28 (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Government of India, 30 September 2026)
- Taken
- 29 October 2026
- Checked
- 29 October 2026: Each figure read from the PIB release's table by scripts/msp-watch.mjs, and compared with it by a person before merging
| Crop | MSP (a quintal) | Usual bag |
|---|---|---|
| Gram (chana) | ₹5,958 | 100 kg |
| Safflower | ₹7,215 | 100 kg |
| Rapeseed and mustard | ₹6,613 | 100 kg |
| Wheat | ₹2,610 | 100 kg |
| Masur (lentil) | ₹7,390 | 100 kg |
| Barley | ₹2,286 | 100 kg |
Revisions
- Revision 1 (current) · 29 October 2026 · Checked against the official release · First revision
Minimum support prices, kharif marketing season 2026-27
Checked against the official release 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027
- Cabinet decision
- 13 May 2026
- Source
- Cabinet approves Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2026-27 (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Government of India, 13 May 2026)
- Taken
- 29 October 2026
- Checked
- 29 October 2026: Each figure read from the PIB release's table by scripts/msp-watch.mjs, and compared with it by a person before merging
| Crop | MSP (a quintal) | Usual bag |
|---|---|---|
| Paddy (common) | ₹2,441 | 75 kg |
| Paddy (Grade A) | ₹2,461 | 75 kg |
| Maize | ₹2,410 | 100 kg |
| Jowar (hybrid) | ₹4,023 | 100 kg |
| Jowar (Maldandi) | ₹4,073 | 100 kg |
| Bajra | ₹2,900 | 100 kg |
| Ragi | ₹5,205 | 100 kg |
| Tur (arhar) | ₹8,450 | 100 kg |
| Moong | ₹8,780 | 100 kg |
| Urad | ₹8,200 | 100 kg |
| Groundnut (in shell) | ₹7,517 | 40 kg |
| Sunflower seed | ₹8,343 | 100 kg |
| Soybean (yellow) | ₹5,708 | 100 kg |
| Sesamum | ₹10,346 | 100 kg |
| Nigerseed | ₹10,052 | 100 kg |
| Cotton (medium staple) | ₹8,267 | — |
| Cotton (long staple) | ₹8,667 | — |
Highest moisture for government buying: Paddy (common), Paddy (Grade A) 17% (Department of Food & Public Distribution, Government of India)
Revisions
- Revision 1 (current) · 29 October 2026 · Checked against the official release · First revision
Minimum support prices, rabi marketing season 2026-27
Checked against the official release 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2027
- Cabinet decision
- 1 October 2025
- Source
- Cabinet approves Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Rabi Crops for Marketing Season 2026-27 (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Government of India, 1 October 2025)
- Taken
- 29 October 2026
- Checked
- 29 October 2026: Each figure read from the PIB release's table by scripts/msp-watch.mjs, and compared with it by a person before merging
| Crop | MSP (a quintal) | Usual bag |
|---|---|---|
| Gram (chana) | ₹5,875 | 100 kg |
| Safflower | ₹6,540 | 100 kg |
| Rapeseed and mustard | ₹6,200 | 100 kg |
| Wheat | ₹2,585 | 100 kg |
| Masur (lentil) | ₹7,000 | 100 kg |
| Barley | ₹2,150 | 100 kg |
Revisions
- Revision 1 (current) · 29 October 2026 · Checked against the official release · First revision
Minimum support prices, kharif marketing season 2025-26
Checked against the official release 1 October 2025 to 30 September 2026
- Cabinet decision
- 28 May 2025
- Source
- Cabinet approves Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Kharif Crops for Marketing Season 2025-26 (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Government of India, 28 May 2025)
- Taken
- 29 October 2026
- Checked
- 29 October 2026: Each figure read from the PIB release's table by scripts/msp-watch.mjs, and compared with it by a person before merging
| Crop | MSP (a quintal) | Usual bag |
|---|---|---|
| Paddy (common) | ₹2,369 | 75 kg |
| Paddy (Grade A) | ₹2,389 | 75 kg |
| Maize | ₹2,400 | 100 kg |
| Jowar (hybrid) | ₹3,699 | 100 kg |
| Jowar (Maldandi) | ₹3,749 | 100 kg |
| Bajra | ₹2,775 | 100 kg |
| Ragi | ₹4,886 | 100 kg |
| Tur (arhar) | ₹8,000 | 100 kg |
| Moong | ₹8,768 | 100 kg |
| Urad | ₹7,800 | 100 kg |
| Groundnut (in shell) | ₹7,263 | 40 kg |
| Sunflower seed | ₹7,721 | 100 kg |
| Soybean (yellow) | ₹5,328 | 100 kg |
| Sesamum | ₹9,846 | 100 kg |
| Nigerseed | ₹9,537 | 100 kg |
| Cotton (medium staple) | ₹7,710 | — |
| Cotton (long staple) | ₹8,110 | — |
Highest moisture for government buying: Paddy (common), Paddy (Grade A) 17% (Department of Food & Public Distribution, Government of India)
Revisions
- Revision 1 (current) · 29 October 2026 · Checked against the official release · First revision
Licence
This compilation is CC BY 4.0; the figures are decisions of the Government of India, free to use with the source named.