Centre Hikes Copra MSP For 2024 Season | NDTV Profit
Government announces Rs 250-300 per quintal increase in #MSP of copra at Rs 11,160-12,000 per quintal for the 2024 season.
Janani Janarthanan with more details.
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Janani Janarthanan with more details.
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Transcript
00:00 There were significant developments after the cabinet and the CCA meeting.
00:04 One of course is related to the MSPs of COPRA.
00:06 Now the minimum support price for milling COPRA shot up by 300 rupees per quintal.
00:11 The new price is at 11,160 rupees per quintal.
00:15 And for ball COPRA, which you primarily see used as a dry fruit or, you know, in puja
00:19 necessities, now that the new MSP is at 12,000 rupees per quintal.
00:24 That shot up by 250 rupees.
00:26 Other significant developments were very connectivity related and on road development.
00:31 The first one of course is a six lane bridge that was for a length of 4.5 kilometers.
00:37 Now this is in Bihar connecting the northern and the southern part of Bihar from Diga to
00:42 Sarin.
00:43 Right now there is a rail come road bridge there, but there is a new bridge that is going
00:48 to be underway, that is going to be built.
00:50 And the project timeline for this is 42 months and the cost is pegged at 3,064 crores.
00:56 Another important development is in the state of Tripura.
00:59 Now this is a two lane road, a 135 kilometer stretch of road that is going to be widened
01:06 in the state of Tripura from Kovai to Harina.
01:10 This particular stretch of road is going to see a development in two years time.
01:14 There's a construction period that we're being told and the total cost is pegged at 2,400
01:20 crores.
01:21 Almost 60% of this is going to be coming from the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
01:26 There's going to be a development assistance that will come from them.
01:30 But as I said, it's going to be two years time and the previous one, of course, the
01:34 Bihar bridge that we were talking about, that's a 42 month plan.
01:38 So a lot to look forward to.
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