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What is the minimum support price for wheat?

₹2,610 per quintal
2027-28▲ 25 vs 2026-27

CACP · released 30 Sep 2026

What is the minimum support price for wheat?
PeriodValue (₹ per quintal)
2027-282,610
2026-272,585
2025-262,425
2024-252,275
2023-242,125
2022-232,015
2021-221,975
2020-211,925
2019-201,840
2018-191,735
2017-181,625
2016-171,525
2015-161,450

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The minimum support price for wheat was ₹2,610 per quintal for rabi marketing season 2027-28, compared with ₹2,585 per quintal for 2026-27. Source: Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Minimum Support Prices recommended by CACP and fixed by Government; PIB, Cabinet decision of 30 September 2026.

Cite as: Minimum Support Prices recommended by CACP and fixed by Government, 2027-28

What this shows

  • The MSP for wheat is ₹2,610 a quintal for rabi marketing season 2027-28, up ₹25 from ₹2,585, the smallest increase among the rabi crops.
  • The government puts wheat's cost of production at ₹1,264 a quintal, an expected margin of 106%, the highest among rabi crops. Since the 2018-19 Budget, MSPs are set at least 1.5 times the all-India weighted average cost of production.
  • The year before, the wheat MSP rose ₹160, from ₹2,425 (2025-26) to ₹2,585 (2026-27).

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Minimum Support Prices recommended by CACP and fixed by Government, 2027-28

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Source
Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, Minimum Support Prices recommended by CACP and fixed by Government; PIB, Cabinet decision of 30 September 2026
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)
Released
30 Sep 2026
Retrieved
18 Oct 2026
Next due
MSP for 2028-29, date not announced
Processing
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Licence
GODL-India
What exactly is measured

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.

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  1. 13 periods, latest 2027-28: ₹2,610 per quintal · first snapshot2c1382671cba
Release notes (2)
  • ₹2,585 per quintal2026-27, Cabinet decision
  • ₹2,610 per quintal2027-28, Cabinet decision

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