{
  "id": "agr-mspwheat-070",
  "question": "What is the minimum support price for wheat?",
  "topic": "Agriculture",
  "unit": "₹ per quintal",
  "decimals": 0,
  "measures": "Minimum support price for wheat, in rupees per quintal (100 kg), by rabi marketing season, as recommended by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) and fixed by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs before sowing. Wheat sown in the 2026-27 crop year is bought in rabi marketing season 2027-28 (CACP's own table lists it under the crop year). The MSP is the price at which government agencies buy the crop; it is not a market price.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Minimum Support Prices recommended by CACP and fixed by Government; PIB, Cabinet decision of 30 September 2026",
    "url": "https://cacp.da.gov.in/Home/MSP",
    "table": "CACP crop- and year-wise MSP table, Wheat, fixed price, updated 30.09.2026 (crop year Y-Y+1 = rabi marketing season Y+1-Y+2); PIB releases 30 Sep 2026 (PRID 2316941) and 1 Oct 2025 (PRID 2173567)",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-09-30",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": null,
  "processing": "Copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP); fixed by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs",
    "survey": "Minimum Support Prices recommended by CACP and fixed by Government",
    "frequency": "Once a year, before rabi sowing",
    "measures": "Minimum support price for wheat, in rupees per quintal (100 kg), by rabi marketing season",
    "notes": [
      "Wheat sown in the 2026-27 crop year is bought in rabi marketing season 2027-28; CACP's own table lists it under the crop year.",
      "Since the 2018-19 Budget, MSPs are set at least 1.5 times the all-India weighted average cost of production.",
      "The MSP is the price at which government agencies buy the crop; it is not a market price."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2015-16",
      "start": "2015-04",
      "end": "2016-03",
      "value": 1450
    },
    {
      "period": "2016-17",
      "start": "2016-04",
      "end": "2017-03",
      "value": 1525
    },
    {
      "period": "2017-18",
      "start": "2017-04",
      "end": "2018-03",
      "value": 1625
    },
    {
      "period": "2018-19",
      "start": "2018-04",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 1735
    },
    {
      "period": "2019-20",
      "start": "2019-04",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 1840
    },
    {
      "period": "2020-21",
      "start": "2020-04",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 1925
    },
    {
      "period": "2021-22",
      "start": "2021-04",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 1975
    },
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 2015
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 2125
    },
    {
      "period": "2024-25",
      "start": "2024-04",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 2275
    },
    {
      "period": "2025-26",
      "start": "2025-04",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 2425
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-27",
      "start": "2026-04",
      "end": "2027-03",
      "value": 2585
    },
    {
      "period": "2027-28",
      "start": "2027-04",
      "end": "2028-03",
      "value": 2610
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/agr-mspwheat-070/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/agr-mspwheat-070/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/agr-mspwheat-070/versions.csv"
}