<h1>Minimum support price pressures as average mandi prices fall below MSP for major food crops amid bumper harvests and sowing gains.</h1> Average mandi prices for major food crops, except wheat, are reported below the minimum support price following bumper kharif and rabi harvests and policy measures to curb food inflation; edible oils and selected vegetables showed divergent price movements. The bulletin notes limited central procurement for the central pool despite MSPs, state-level bonuses over MSP for wheat, near-complete summer pulse sowing, higher paddy and moong sowing relative to normals, increased cumulative summer acreage, a favourable monsoon forecast for kharif, and higher projected fertiliser requirements.