Purchase of gram, lentil and mustard at support price in Madhya Pradesh till this date

19/06/2020Posted on
Know the last date of purchase of wheat on support price in Madhya Pradesh

In Madhya Pradesh, procurement of gram, lentil, and mustard at the minimum support price is currently in progress and the last date of this process has now been extended to 29 July. Previously, the last date for procurement by the Agriculture Department was kept on 15 June which has now been extended.

Along with this, it has also been told that now the purchase will be made only from the farmers called by sending SMS. The purpose of doing this is to make storage arrangements simultaneously. On this issue, the state agriculture minister Kamal Patel has appealed to the farmers to keep their crops at home. Every grain of registered farmers’ produce will be purchased.

It is worth noting that so far six lakh 58 thousand tonnes of gram has been purchased in Madhya Pradesh at the support price and farmers have been paid Rs.3,700 crore as its value. Explain that this purchase process was started from May 29 and it will run for 90 days.

Source: Nai Dunia

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Good News for Farmers: Increase in Minimum Support Price of 14 Kharif Crops

02/06/2020Posted on
Good News for Farmers Increase in Minimum Support Price of 14 Kharif Crops

In the midst of the Corona crisis, there is great news for farmers. The good news comes from a meeting of the Union Cabinet chaired by Modi yesterday. In this meeting, the minimum support price for 14 crops of Kharif season has been fixed, which has been increased as compared to last year.

The cabinet has fixed MSP of Paddy at Rs 1868, Jowar at Rs 2620, Millet at Rs 2150 per quintal. Besides, MSP of Maize has been fixed at Rs 1850, Peanut Rs 5275, Sunflower Rs 5885, Soybean at Rs 3880 and Cotton’s medium fiber yield at Rs 5515 and long fiber yield at Rs 5825 per quintal.

Significantly, the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), in its report presented before the Union Cabinet recently, recommended raising the support price of 17 kharif crops. Now the Union Cabinet has increased the minimum support price for 14 crops of the Kharif season keeping these recommendations of the CACP.

Source: Zee Business

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