The central government has increased the minimum support price (MSP) of 14 Kharif crops including paddy, cotton, soybean, pigeon pea. The Union Cabinet took this decision today i.e. on 28 May. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that the new MSP of paddy has been fixed at Rs 2,369, which is Rs 69 more than the previous MSP.
