Maize prices dip, Tiruchi farmers stage protest demanding MSP

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Members of Tamizhaga Eri Mattrum Attru Pasana Vivasayigal Sangam taking retired a protestation astatine District Collectorate connected Monday demanding an MSP of ₹2,400 per quintal lf maize. | Photo Credit: M. MOORTHY

Members of the Tamizhaga Eri Mattrum Attru Pasana Vivasayigal Sangam staged a protestation adjacent the Collector’s Office successful Tiruchi connected Monday to gully the attraction of the authorities to the steep autumn successful the procurement terms of maize successful the unfastened market.

Maize farmers successful the portion person been complaining implicit the clang successful procurement price, good beneath the minimum enactment terms (MSP) fixed by the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP). The CACP had fixed the MSP for maize astatine ₹2,400 a quintal for the 2025-26 kharif season. But farmers accidental that traders are quoting mode beneath the MSP.

Published - March 02, 2026 06:42 p.m. IST

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