Minimum Support Price (MSP) · KMS 2025-26
Cotton MSP 2025-26
₹7,710–₹8,110per quintal
Cotton (Medium Staple) ₹7,710 (2025-26) · Cotton (Long Staple) ₹8,110 (2025-26)
Cotton (Medium Staple)
4 marketing seasons| Marketing season | ₹ / quintal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | ₹7,710 | — |
| 2023-24 | ₹6,620 | +540 |
| 2022-23 | ₹6,080 | +354 |
| 2021-22 | ₹5,726 | — |
Cotton (Long Staple)
5 marketing seasons| Marketing season | ₹ / quintal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | ₹8,110 | +589 |
| 2024-25 | ₹7,521 | +501 |
| 2023-24 | ₹7,020 | +640 |
| 2022-23 | ₹6,380 | +355 |
| 2021-22 | ₹6,025 | — |
Common questions
- What is the MSP of cotton for 2025-26?
- Cotton is priced by grade. The Minimum Support Price is ₹7,710 per quintal for cotton (medium staple) in 2025-26, and ₹8,110 per quintal for cotton (long staple) in 2025-26. It is announced by the Government of India on the recommendation of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices.
- What was the cotton MSP in previous years?
- The cotton MSP has moved from ₹5,726 per quintal in 2021-22 to ₹7,710 in 2025-26, a rise of 35% across 4 marketing seasons. Every season's announced price is listed on this page with the date it was taken.
Cotton production and area · MSP for every crop
Cite this page
Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), Kolkata, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. Cotton Minimum Support Price, 2025-26 (as announced). Compiled by IndianAgri. Accessed 16 September 2026. https://indianagri.com/data/msp/cotton
The figures are CC BY 4.0 — free to reuse, including commercially, with attribution. Cite the originating department rather than us, and name the estimate round: an advance estimate is a forecast the department will revise, and a figure without its round is not quotable.
Provenance receipt
TIER A · ANNOUNCED PRICE
Source 1 of 2 · agri-exports-2018-19-to-2025-26
- Originator
- Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), Kolkata, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India
- Release
- TRADESTAT — System on India's Export Import Data Bank (EIDB), commodity-wise exports
- Accessed
- 2026-09-16
Source 2 of 2 · statewise-apy-2021-22-to-2025-26
- Originator
- Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India
- Release
- Crop Profile: State-wise Area, Production & Yield of All Crops
- Accessed
- 2026-09-15
- Estimate round
- Announced price
- Trust
- Primary source, final round — quotable as our figure without qualification.
Cite the originator and the estimate round, not IndianAgri alone — these are Government of India statistics, compiled here. Original release.