Centre says no to paddy MSP hike for Odisha farmers.

The Centre has again said no to the demand for revision of minimum support price (MSP) of paddy evoking strong criticism from the BJD and Congress. In a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha, Union Minister of State for Agriculture Gajendra Singh Sekhawat said there is no proposal for the time being to revise the MSP on paddy. According to the Centre, a farmer makes a profit of 433 with the MSP at 1550 as the production cost comes to around 1,117 per quintal.