Andhra to sell super-fine rice at ₹50 a kg, onions at ₹35, and pay MSP to move farmers off paddy
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The Andhra government announced plans to sell super-fine rice at ₹50 per kg and onions at ₹35, while promising full MSP procurement for key crops such as ragi and red gram. These measures aim to shift 8.81 lakh hectares away from paddy and chilli cultivation this rabi season to diversify agricultural output.
Full MSP procurement promised for ragi, red gram and black gram, and up to 30% of green gram, chickpea, groundnut and sunflower, to move 8.81 lakh hectares out of paddy and chilli this rabi
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