Purchase of Gram and Lentils

Purchase of wheat, gram, mustard and lentils will start on same day in Madhya Pradesh

18/02/2021 Thursday February 18th, 2021

The time has come to harvest rabi crops. Farmers are about to start wheat harvesting now. In view of the preparations for harvesting, the Madhya Pradesh government has also announced the dates for purchasing the produce. The government will start the procurement process from the 15th of March.

In this regard, Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Mr. Kamal Patel said that “from March 15, there will be purchase of gram, mustard, lentils along with wheat and the limit of purchase has also been increased.” He further said that “With the introduction of wheat, gram, mustard and lentils, farmers will get more than the support price.

Source: News 18

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

19/06/2020 Friday June 19th, 2020

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

Purchase of Gram and Lentils on support price will begin in Madhya Pradesh on this day

28/04/2020 Tuesday April 28th, 2020

It has been more than two weeks since the procurement of wheat started in Madhya Pradesh on support price. Now the government is going to start procuring gram and lentils from farmers. The purchase of gram and lentils at support price in the state will start from April 29.

On this issue, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan reviewed on Sunday, and during this time he has instructed the officers present there to follow the social distance along with the lockdown guidelines during the process of procuring gram and lentils.

It was told in this review meeting that so far 16 lakh 73 thousand metric tons of wheat has been purchased from three lakh 72 thousand farmers at the support price and farmers have also been paid against it.

Source: Nai Dunia