The Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP since 1985, earlier named as Agricultural Prices Commission) came into existence in January 1965. Currently, the Commission comprises a Chairman, Member Secretary, one Member (Official) and two Members (Non-Official).

As of now, CACP recommends MSPs of 23 commodities, which comprise 7 cereals (paddy, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley and ragi), 5 pulses (gram, tur, moong, urad, lentil), 7 oilseeds (groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soyabean, seasmum, sunflower, safflower, nigerseed), and 4 commercial crops (copra, sugarcane, cotton and raw jute).

*: MSP for TD5 variety of jute till 2014-15, and TDN3 (equivalent of TD5) variety of jute from 2015-16. £: Bonus of ₹40 per quintal subject to liquidation of 15 million tons of Central Pool Stocks.

2020年3月3日 · Government fixes Minimum Support Price (MSP) on the basis of recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP). The Union Budget for 2018-19 had announced the pre-determined principle to keep MSP at levels of one and half times of the cost of production.

2025年1月20日 · CACP - MSP is set by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) based on the recommendations of Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP). It considers the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned …

2024年10月5日 · Under Minimum Support Price (MSP), the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP) recommends prices for 23 specific crops and a fair and remunerative price for sugarcane. The CACP is a department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

5 天之前 · The Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP) details three major formulae to arrive at MSP. A2 : Costs incurred by the farmer in production of a particular crop. It includes several inputs such as expenditure on seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, leased-in land, hired labour, machinery and fuel.

3 天之前 · Government fixes minimum support prices (MSPs) for 22 mandated agricultural crops on the basis of the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP), after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/ Departments concerned.

The Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), set up in 1965, is a decentralized agency of the Government of India (GoI). It is an expert body that recommends the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) by taking into consideration various factors. In …

MSP is a “minimum price” for any crop that the government considers as remunerative for farmers and hence deserving of “support”. The Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP) recommends MSPs for 22 mandated crops and fair and remunerative price (FRP) for sugarcane.