PM Modi's Diwali gift to farmers: Cabinet hikes MSP for 6 Rabi crops; Shivraj Chouhan hails move Chouhan expressed gratitude to PM Modi on behalf of the country’s farmers for approving the Agriculture Ministry's proposals. Divulging the details, Union Minister for Agriculture, Farmers’ Welfare, and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said the Cabinet has approved the “National Pulses Mission” and also increased the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for Rabi crops. The mission targets an increase in pulses production from 242 lakh tonnes to 350 lakh tonnes by 2030-31. MSP hiked for 6 Rabi cropsThe agriculture minister further informed that the MSP for six Rabi crops has been revised. “It gives me great pleasure to announce this as the Agriculture Minister.