{
  "id": 9758888,
  "title": "Andhra to sell super-fine rice at ₹50 a kg, onions at ₹35, and pay MSP to move farmers off paddy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/andhra-to-sell-super-fine-rice-at-50-a-kg-onions-at-35-and-pay-msp-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:53:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/andhra-to-sell-fine-rice-at-50-a-kg-onions-at-35-at-rythu-bazars-and-pay-msp-to-move-farmers-off-paddy/article71508330.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Government of Andhra Pradesh announced plans to shift 8.81 lakh hectares of land from paddy cultivation to alternative crops such as pulses, maize, and oilseeds this rabi season. Through Rythu Bazars, super-fine rice will be sold at ₹50 a kg and onions at ₹35 a kg. The government will procure 100% of ragi, red gram, and black gram at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and procure the entire quantity of green manure seeds produced by farmers. The crop diversification plan aims to cultivate chickpea on 1.88 lakh hectares, maize on 1.51 lakh hectares, and black gram on 1.27 lakh hectares.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}