Centre raises Minimum Import Price of apples from Rs 50 to Rs 80/kg

Apart from enhancing import work connected apple, growers person been demanding a hike successful MIP to guarantee imported pome does not scope the Indian markets astatine highly inexpensive rates

The Centre has accrued the Minimum Import Price (MIP) from Rs 50 to Rs 80, providing a large alleviation to the pome growers of Himachal, Kashmir and Uttarakhand. “The determination was taken connected June 3 pursuing the support of the Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan,” said Chetan Singh Bragta, the BJP spokesperson.

Apart from enhancing import work connected apple, the pome growers person been demanding a hike successful MIP to guarantee imported pome does not scope the Indian markets astatine highly inexpensive rates.

Calling the determination ‘a effect of the farmer-friendly attack and beardown governmental volition of the Narendra Modi government’, Bragta said it would cheque the unhindered dumping of imported pome successful the country. “It would pb to section pome growers getting remunerative prices successful the market,” helium said.

The MIP was introduced astatine Rs 50 per kg successful 2023. While blessed with the decision, the pome growers had been demanding a hike and strict adherence to the decision. “The Modi authorities banned the introduction of the Chinese pome into the Indian marketplace successful 2018. Like that decision, the hike successful MIP is going to payment the section growers a lot, and its interaction would beryllium seen shortly,” helium said.

With MIP astatine Rs 50 and the import work fixed astatine 50 per cent, the imported pome landed astatine Indian shores for a minimum terms of Rs 75. With the MIP hiked to Rs 80, this terms volition present leap to Rs 120, a quality of Rs 45 per kg.

“This hike volition beryllium beneficial to the growers, provided the determination is implemented strictly,” said an pome grower.