From Tears to Triumph: MSP Shield Finally Covers Pulses & Oilseeds  –  The 2025 Annadata Awakening

MSP Coverage Expansion 2025: When Ram Singh from Bathinda held his first-ever MSP cheque for tur dal at ₹7,800 per quintal, he touched it to his forehead and wept. For 30 years he had burnt crop residue in despair. Today, in Kharif 2025, lakhs like him  –  growing pulses, oilseeds, millets  –  are tasting the promise of Minimum Support Price for the very first time. The government calls it “historic expansion” under PM-AASHA. 

Procurement of tur, urad, moong, groundnut, soyabean, sesame, nigerseed and even nutri-cereals has begun across 18 states. Yet the bitter truth bites: 62% of oilseed and 48% of pulse farmers still sell below MSP in open mandis. 

In this soul-stirring 2,200-word saga, we celebrate the farmers finally seeing light after decades in darkness, expose the heartbreaking gaps that mock the promise, decode the massive ₹2.5 lakh crore 2026 safety net, bring you voices from mandis that will shatter your heart and ignite your hope, and discover Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj’s eternal Satgyan on why only dharma, not declarations, can truly protect the annadata. This is not just policy. This is the cry of India’s soil.

Seeds of a Revolution: How MSP Coverage Exploded in 2025

For decades, MSP was a wheat-rice fortress  –  only Punjab, Haryana, MP saw real procurement. Pulses, oilseeds, millets? Beautiful announcements, brutal betrayal. That changed in 2025.

• NAFED & SFAC procured a record 28.4 lakh tonnes of pulses & oilseeds in Kharif 2025 (vs 9.1 lakh tonnes last year).
  
• 18 states activated Price Support Scheme (PSS)  –  Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Telangana lead.
  
• Nutri-cereals (ragi, jowar, bajra) brought under MSP procurement for the first time in Karnataka & Odisha.
  
• 14.6 lakh farmers registered on e-Samridhi portal  –  direct bank payments within 72 hours.
  

From Vidarbha’s soyabean belts to Marathwada’s tur fields, registration camps ran for 90 days straight. When the first gunny bags rolled into NAFED godowns at full MSP, farmers touched them like temple prasad.

Tears Behind the Triumph: The Farmers Still Left in the Rain

But zoom out  –  and the picture darkens.

• Only 38% of pulse production and 28% of oilseed production procured at MSP (CACP data 2025).
  
• In most mandis, traders still dictate prices  –  ₹5,200 for tur when MSP is ₹7,800.
  
• Maharashtra’s groundnut farmers got ₹4,800–5,200 against MSP ₹6,377.
  
• 70% farmers unaware of registration process; middlemen still kings.
  

In Beed, 47-year-old Santosh’s soyabean rotted because the nearest procurement centre was 180 km away and closed after 3 days.

This is the shocking reality: The umbrella exists  –  but millions are still getting drenched.

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₹2.5 Lakh Crore 2026 Safety Net: The Game-Changer or Another Slogan?

Budget 2026 is set to be historic:

• ₹2.5 lakh crore allocation proposed for PM-AASHA (up 78% from 2025).
  
• ₹80,000 crore dedicated corpus for PSS procurement of pulses & oilseeds.
  
• 5,000 new procurement centres + 100 mobile vans in tribal areas.
  
• Price Deficiency Payment (PDP) revived in 12 states  –  farmers get a difference directly if market price falls.
  
• Mandatory 100% procurement of registered produce by 2028 (Draft National Policy).
  

The Agriculture Minister himself told Parliament: “Every crop under MSP will be procured  –  no ifs, no buts.”

Mandi Melodies: Voices That Will Break You

In Akola mandi, 62-year-old Lakshmibai sold urad at ₹5,800: “They said MSP is ₹7,400. Where has it gone?”
In Karnataka’s Davangere, ragi farmer Shivanna touched the feet of the procurement officer who paid ₹4,018/quintal: “First time in 40 years someone gave me full price.”
In Rajasthan’s Barmer, groundnut grower Bhanwar Lal burnt 12 quintals in protest last year. This year he danced when his bank SMS flashed ₹63,770 for 10 quintal.

These are not statistics. These are India’s mothers and fathers who feed 140 crore bellies.

Dharma’s Real MSP: True Annadata Prosperity

When mandis cheat and monsoons betray, where is real security? Sant Rampal Ji Maharaj’s Satgyan gives the eternal answer:
“The farmer who sows with greed reaps sorrow. The one who farms as worship, with Naam in heart and honesty in hands, finds God Himself guarding his harvest.”

Maharaj Ji teaches: True MSP is Margin of Satya over Sin. When farmers, traders, officers, ministers  –  all walk the path of dharma  –  no crop will ever burn, no child will sleep hungry. The day India adds bhakti to its budget, every field will become Vrindavan and every farmer  –  Krishna’s own.

MSP 2025–26: The Numbers That Matter

• Crops under active procurement 2025: 22 mandated + nutri-cereals
  
• Kharif 2025 procurement: 28.4 lakh tonnes pulses/oilseeds (+212% YoY)
  
• Farmers benefited: 14.6 lakh registered
  
• Highest MSP growth: Tur +₹700, Urad +₹600, Nigerseed +₹999
  
• 2026 proposed budget for PM-AASHA: ₹2.5 lakh crore
  
• Procurement centres planned 2026: 12,000 (from 7,000)
  
• Target by 2030: 100% registered farmer procurement
  

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