The Center has increased the reserved price of wheat and rice by 10.86 percent and 3 percent respectively for sale under the Open-Market Scheme Scheme Scheme Scheme Scheme Scheme Scheme Scheme (OMSS-D) during the 2025-26 financial year.
According to an order issued by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on July 10, all crops including Rabi marketing season 2025-26 have been fixed to private parties through e-auction, a reserve price of Rs 2,550 per quintal for the sale of wheat for years; For sale for sale under self-store/mobile van, or e-commerce/big chain retailers for sale under India Brand for sale to central cooperative organizations like NAFED/NCCF/Kendriya Bhandar; And for sale to community kitchen.
The ministry said in the order that prices will be valid by June 30, 2026. “Transport costs, as applied, will be added to the reserved value,” it said.
The wheat reserve price prescribed for the financial year 2025-26 is 10.86 percent higher than Rs 2,300 per quintal in the previous financial year (2024-25).
While the Food and Public Distribution Department (DFPD) has fixed the reserve price of wheat, it has not announced the quantity of selling through the open market sales scheme. The quantity sold will be decided by the Food Corporation of India (FCI).
“The amount of shares is ODED and to be on time, considering the stock holding stocks at the relevant time, after keeping the stock for the need of PDS in consultation with DFPD, BU and ER Criteria and additional volume of 20 LMT can be used, which can be used in any kind of condition,”.
The existing reserve price of rice will continue till October 31, 2025, and the price increase of 3 percent will be applicable from 1 November.
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From 1 November, the reserve price of rice with 25% broken grains for private parties and cooperative societies/cooperative unions through e-auction will increase from Rs 2,800 per quintal to Rs 2,890 per quintal.
In the reserve price of rice for sale to state governments and their corporations, and ethanol distilleries for the production of ethanol, per quintal per quintal per quintal per quintal per quintal will increase by Rs 2,320.
Private parties have been increased from Rs 3,000 per quintal to Rs 3,090 per quintal to private parties through a price-rice milling transformation scheme reserved for sale of custom-mild rice (CMR) with 10 percent broken grains.
“An increase in the reserved price by an increase in the MSP of paddy,” said the order.
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As per the order, the support from the price stabilization fund of 200/quintal for the sale of rice to central cooperative organizations for sale under the Bharat Brand Rice will be discontinued from 1 July 2025.
The amount of rice sold under OMSS-D has also not been announced. “The amount of stock is O ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl ffl, after keeping the stock for DFPD required by FCI, considering the stock holding stocks at the time, relevant time, it can be used by BU and ER Criteria and an additional volume of 30 LMT, which can be used in case of any type of post,” order.
The ministry has also decided to reserve reserved food grains-Rs 2,775 per quintal for the sale of millet through e-auction to private parties, Rs 4,886 per quintal, jawar at Rs 3,749 per quintal, and maize at Rs 2,400 per quintal.
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