The government of India declares MSP for 23 crops. Out of these how many are cereal crops?

🔑 Key Points
→ The government of India declares MSP for 23 crops. Out of these, 7 are cereal crops.
→ The Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP) is an attached office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
→ It came into existence in January 1965.
→ It is mandated to recommend minimum support prices (MSPs) to incentivize the cultivators to adopt modern technology, raise productivity, and increase overall grain production in line with emerging demand patterns in the country.
→ As of now, CACP recommends MSPs for 23 commodities, which comprise:
➡️ 7 cereals (paddy, wheat, maize, sorghum, pearl millet, barley, and ragi)
➡️ 5 pulses (gram, tur, moong, urad, lentil)
➡️ 7 oilseeds (groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soyabean, sesamum, sunflower, safflower, nigerseed)
➡️ 4 commercial crops (copra, sugarcane, cotton, and raw jute)
→ CACP submits its recommendations to the government in the form of Price Policy Reports every year, separately for five groups of commodities: Kharif crops, Rabi crops, Sugarcane, Raw Jute, and Copra.