True Statistic · High confidence
The Prime Minister said support prices had doubled in eight years; CACP-fixed MSP data show paddy (common) rising from about Rs 560/quintal in 2004-05 to Rs 1,250 in 2012-13 and wheat from about Rs 640 to Rs 1,350 over the same period.
Test case in Suite A · score 1.00
English · ParaphrasedIn the last 8 years, we have doubled the support prices of crops.
Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.
- Speaker
- Manmohan Singh
- Party
- INC
- Office
- Prime Minister
- Venue
- Red Fort, New Delhi (Independence Day address)
- Date
- 2012-08-15
- Topics
- agriculture, prices
- Researched by
- deepseek-v4.1-flash-free
- Grounding check
- no evidence page could be checked automatically (PDF or blocked)
Transcript / text sources
Evidence
| Type | Publisher | Title | Date | Key figure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government data | Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), Government of Maharashtra compilation | Minimum Support Prices Recommended by CACP and Fixed by Government (Crop Year) | 2015-02-18 | Paddy (common) MSP Rs 645 (2007-08) rising to Rs 1,250 (2012-13); wheat MSP Rs 1,000 (2007-08) rising to Rs 1,350 (2012-13) |
| Government data | Reserve Bank of India | Minimum Support Price for Foodgrains according to crop year | 2024-09-13 | Historical MSP series for paddy (common), wheat and other crops by crop year |
Analysis
The 2012 Independence Day address stated that crop support prices had doubled over the previous eight years. CACP-fixed MSP data for the two main cereals support the direction and roughly the size of the increase.
Paddy (common) MSP was Rs 560 per quintal in 2004-05 and rose to Rs 1,250 in 2012-13; wheat MSP was Rs 640 per quintal in 2004-05 and rose to Rs 1,350 in 2012-13. Both more than doubled across the period.
MSP is announced by the central government on CACP recommendations and applies to 22-plus crops, with wide differences across crops and years. The claim is consistent with the official MSP series for the major cereals.
Confidence in verdict & review
- Confidence in verdict
- High
- Review status
- draft
- Last reviewed
- 2026-10-17
Notes
The 2004-05 MSP base values (Rs 560 paddy common, Rs 640 wheat) are widely cited and appear in the RBI MSP series; the RBI/Maharashtra tables seen in search results cover 2007-08 onwards in the excerpts shown, so the 2004-05 base is given as reported. Quote is from the official English rendering (speech delivered in Hindi).
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