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Revision note: MSP, Procurement, Buffer Stocks and the PDS

  • CACP 1965 (attached office; recommends); CCEA announces; 22 mandated crops (14 kharif, 6 rabi, 2 commercial) + FRP for sugarcane
  • Costs: A2, A2+FL, C2; MSP ≥ 1.5 × A2+FL since 2018–19; Swaminathan: C2 + 50%
  • FCI 1965; DCP 1997; ~6% farmers sell at MSP (Shanta Kumar 2015); PM-AASHA 2018 (PSS, PDPS, PPSS)
  • Buffer norms (~41 MT on 1 July); OMSS; Bharat Atta
  • PDS → TPDS 1997 → AAY 2000 → NFSA 2013 (75% rural/50% urban; 5 kg; AAY 35 kg); PMGKAY free from Jan 2023, extended 5 years from Jan 2024; ONORC all states 2022
  • Farm laws repealed Nov 2021
Revision card summarising MSP, Procurement, Buffer Stocks and the PDS
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