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With the new MSP, Chhattisgarh to pay its rice-growers highest in country

The new MSP for paddy had been fixed at Rs 1,750 per quintal. With the bonus, farmers in Chhattisgarh would be eligible to get Rs 2,050 for a quintal of yield that they would sell to the government

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R Krishna Das Raipur
The rice-growers in Chhattisgarh would be the biggest beneficiaries among states of the new minimum support price (MSP) announced by the Centre.

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government had last year announced a bonus of Rs 300 per quintal for the paddy sold by the farmers at MSP. The bonus was disbursed in the last kharif season and the budgetary provision has been made for the current season.

The new MSP for paddy had been fixed at Rs 1,750 per quintal. With the bonus, farmers in Chhattisgarh would be eligible to get Rs 2,050 for a quintal of yield that they

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