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Good news for farmers of MP: Limit for selling and buying Gram in Mandi ends

21/06/2020 Sunday June 21st, 2020

There is good news from the government for the gram farmers of Madhya Pradesh. The government has now scrapped the earlier limit for selling and buying gram in the mandi. This means that now farmers can sell as much gram as they want in the market.

Significantly, until now farmers were allowed to sell only 25 quintals of gram in the market. But after the government’s decision to remove the limit, now the farmers will be able to sell their entire produce together in the market and they will not have to visit the market again and again. Explain that this time the purchase of gram in Madhya Pradesh at the support price will continue till June 30. This time Gram is being procured in the state at a support price of Rs 4875.

Source: News18

Madhya Pradesh government made a roadmap for wheat procurement amid lockdown

07/04/2020

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has given a big relief by clearing the doubt about wheat sale among farmers amid the ongoing lockdown on the Corona global epidemic. Under this, the procurement of wheat at the minimum support price in the state will start from April 15. During this time social distance will also be taken care of, and every day only selected farmers will be called through SMS.

Significantly, last year there were 3545 procurement centers in the state, which has been increased to 3813 this time and other new centers are also being built. This time the total number of procurement centers will be up to 4000.

On this whole issue, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has said that the lockdown is expected to open in the state on April 14. After this, Rabi procurement work will be started in the state from April 15. He said that the procurement work has to be finished by 31 May. Time is short. Therefore, making such a system, so that wheat, gram, mustard and lentil crops of farmers can be easily purchased at the support price.

Big relief in lockdown: Government will buy rabi crops from farmers’ home

06/04/2020

Farmers are facing a range of difficulties due to the ongoing nationwide lockdown due to the Corona crisis. Actually the present time is of harvesting of Rabi crops and government procurement, but during the lockdown on this issue, the government has taken the initiative to give a big relief to the farmers.

To tackle this problem, the Punjab government has taken an important decision. The Punjab government is preparing to go to the villages to purchase crops to prevent congestion in the mandis during the procurement of rabi crops. During this time, priority will be given to those villages which are located at a distance of about 1 to 2 km from the mandis.

Officers of Agriculture and Food Departments have been instructed by the Punjab Government to soon find a way to go to the farmers of the villages and buy wheat. It has been suggested to send workers to farmers’ homes to help the farmers of the villages located away from the mandis.