Taking a major decision on the tax imposed in the mandis of Madhya Pradesh, the government has reduced the tax. After this decision, now only 50 paise will have to be paid in lieu of one and a half rupees as mandi tax. This information was given by the state agriculture minister Kamal Patel on the auspicious occasion of Deepawali festival.

The Agriculture Minister said that “Under the Madhya Pradesh Agricultural Produce Market Act, the state government had decided to reduce the tax on sales in mandis, in the interest of traders. It has been implemented on the day of Diwali.” Shri Patel informed that the 20 paise destitute fund tax in the mandis has also been abolished.

Source: Krishak Jagat

A very big decision has been taken by the government regarding the ration card. The government has canceled 43 lakh 90 thousand ration cards from the public distribution system. It is being told that these ration cards were fake and for this reason, they were canceled.

Under the National Food Security Act, the government has taken this big step with the objective that only eligible beneficiaries can get food grains. According to the news, before taking this big step on the ration card, the government kept watching for the last seven years to prevent fraud. The digitization campaign has also helped in stopping this.

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A minimum support price has been fixed by the Kerala government for a total of 21 food and beverage items and 16 types of vegetables have also been included. The Kerala government is going to start this system from November 1. Like Kerala, the Madhya Pradesh government is also thinking of taking some similar steps.

The Shivraj government of Madhya Pradesh is also preparing to buy vegetables at MSP. Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kamal Patel said these things. He said that “After the support price of food grains, now the state government is planning to fix the minimum support price of vegetables so that it comes under the category of the agricultural industry. After purchasing wheat, gram, moong, maize at the support price, now vegetables Will also be purchased at a support price. ”

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Every year, onion prices start touching the sky at this time. In view of this, the government is taking several steps. In this list, the government on Friday made some changes in the rules related to onion storage. Now a limit has been imposed on onion storage.

Currently, onion prices have gone up in many states. On Friday, the government fixed 25 metric tonnes of onion storage for wholesalers and 2 metric tonnes for retail traders. However, this limit will not apply to imported onions. The government believes that this step will help in reducing onion prices.

Source: Krishak Jagat