Daily Current Affairs – 19 October 2022

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka has won the 2022 Booker Prize for his second novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida, described by the judges as a whodunnit and a race against time.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Ayodhya on Sunday during the Deepotsav celebrations, a day before Diwali festival.
He is expected to offer puja at the Ram temple and will visit the Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra site.

110 In ₹, the amount by which the government increased the minimum support price (MSP) for wheat to ₹2,125 per quintal on Tuesday.
The MSP for mustard was raised by ₹400 to ₹5,450 per quintal for the current crop year to boost the production and income of farmers.
MSP is the rate at which the government buys grain from farmers.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs announced an increase of 2% to 9% in the Minimum Support Prices (MSP) for six mandated rabi crops for this season.
The sowing of the six crops has started.
Farmers’ organisations, which have been alleging that the Centre is delaying the announcement of the MSP, said, by keeping the MSP of wheat low and announcing a paltry hike, the Centre is helping big corporate houses in the sector to make quick money.
They said farmers will be forced to sell their produce to private traders like last year as the MSP is low. For wheat, the MSP is ₹2,125 for a quintal. Last year, the price was ₹2,015 and the increase this year ₹110.

Source : THE HINDU