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Food Corporation of India

Explainer, India

MSP explained: how India sets minimum support prices, and who pays them

India's minimum support prices cover 22 crops but are paid in full mainly where the state buys. Here are the notified rates, the formula, the cost and what it means for traders and millers.

8 November 202613 min read

Grain storage, India

ICAR and FCI to trial nitrogen and CO2 fumigation for stored grain

A two-year pilot at ICAR-CIPHET Ludhiana will test alternatives to aluminium phosphide and malathion, after the government cited pest resistance of 72 to 100% in key states.

1 October 2026

MSP explained: how India sets minimum support prices, and who pays them

ICAR and FCI to trial nitrogen and CO2 fumigation for stored grain

Five stories in rows, before the market opens.