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The Union Cabinet on June 1 approved an increase in minimum support prices (MSP) of 14 kharif crops.
The increased MSP will ensure a price which will be 50% to 83% more than the cost of production, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar said while briefing reporters on Cabinet decisions in New Delhi.
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