The Situation Assessment Survey for 2019 has been released recently which covers the July 2018-December 2018 and January 2019-June 2019 agricultural seasons.
- The survey provides a picture of the current relevance of the Minimum Support Price (MSP). Here are the survey estimates:
- The number of rural agricultural households (HHs) is 93.1 million or 54 per cent of all rural households.
- Land used solely for crop production (excluding mixed use holdings for cultivation and grazing, say) is at 74 million hectares or 82 per cent of operated area.
- 62.5 per cent of agricultural households reported cultivation of paddy (in either season)
- 41 per cent of agricultural households reported cultivation of wheat.
- The only other crop with more than 10 per cent of agricultural HHs engaged in production is maize.
- Only 8.6 per cent of agricultural households cultivating paddy sold to a procurement agency on MSP , with the figure for wheat at a low 4.9 per cent.
(Source: Business Line)
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