Overview
- CCI is enforcing a 12% moisture ceiling and a limit of 7 quintals per acre for procurement at the support price.
- Growers report distress sales to private traders below the MSP of ₹8,110 per quintal after rejections over moisture.
- Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao directed district collectors to conduct field‑level, district‑wise yield assessments to press for a revision of the per‑acre norm.
- Ginning mills have announced a strike from November 17 over CCI guidelines, prompting the minister to urge them not to disrupt farmer sales.
- Protests spread to CCI offices and collectorates, with BRS leaders seeking rollback of the Kapas Kisan app, a higher moisture allowance and removal of the cap, as districts set helplines to assist with app slot booking.