Faced with a bumper yield of pulses, the Modi government opened 200 procurement centres to buy the produce directly from farmers and promised to add more once the tur crop reaches wholesale markets.
Representatives of state agencies - NAFED, Food Corporation of India and Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium - have started "aggressive" procurement operations to ensure the farmers get the minimum support price (MSP) for their produce.
Prices of moong had tumbled below the MSP in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan on the arrival of the kharif crop earlier this month. This prompted the government to direct NAFED, FCI and SFAC to start procurement a month in advance. At a inter-ministerial review meeting, Consumer Affairs Secretary Hem Pande directed government agencies to give wide publicity to the procurement operations in pulses-producing regions.
"So far, 200 centres have been set up in pulses-producing states and more centres will be added after the arrival of tur crop in October-November," an official statement said.
The production of pulses is estimated to rise 57% to a record 8.7 million tonnes in the kharif season this year from 5.54 million tonnes in the previous season. According to the Agriculture Ministry's estimates, Maharashtra is expected to lead with the production of pulses being pegged at 1.7 million tonnes.
Representatives of state agencies - NAFED, Food Corporation of India and Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium - have started "aggressive" procurement operations to ensure the farmers get the minimum support price (MSP) for their produce.
Prices of moong had tumbled below the MSP in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan on the arrival of the kharif crop earlier this month. This prompted the government to direct NAFED, FCI and SFAC to start procurement a month in advance. At a inter-ministerial review meeting, Consumer Affairs Secretary Hem Pande directed government agencies to give wide publicity to the procurement operations in pulses-producing regions.
"So far, 200 centres have been set up in pulses-producing states and more centres will be added after the arrival of tur crop in October-November," an official statement said.
The production of pulses is estimated to rise 57% to a record 8.7 million tonnes in the kharif season this year from 5.54 million tonnes in the previous season. According to the Agriculture Ministry's estimates, Maharashtra is expected to lead with the production of pulses being pegged at 1.7 million tonnes.
Faced with a bumper yield of pulses, the Modi government opened 200 procurement centres to buy the produce directly from farmers and promised to add more once the tur crop reaches wholesale markets.
Representatives of state agencies - NAFED, Food Corporation of India and Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium - have started "aggressive” procurement operations to ensure the farmers get the minimum support price (MSP) for their produce.
Prices of moong had tumbled below the MSP in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan on the arrival of the kharif crop earlier this month. This prompted the government to direct NAFED, FCI and SFAC to start procurement a month in advance. At a inter-ministerial review meeting, Consumer Affairs Secretary Hem Pande directed government agencies to give wide publicity to the procurement operations in pulses-producing regions.
"So far, 200 centres have been set up in pulses-producing states and more centres will be added after the arrival of tur crop in October-November,” an official statement said.
The production of pulses is estimated to rise 57% to a record 8.7 million tonnes in the kharif season this year from 5.54 million tonnes in the previous season. According to the Agriculture Ministry’s estimates, Maharashtra is expected to lead with the production of pulses being pegged at 1.7 million tonnes.
Representatives of state agencies - NAFED, Food Corporation of India and Small Farmers Agri-business Consortium - have started "aggressive” procurement operations to ensure the farmers get the minimum support price (MSP) for their produce.
Prices of moong had tumbled below the MSP in Karnataka, Maharashtra and Rajasthan on the arrival of the kharif crop earlier this month. This prompted the government to direct NAFED, FCI and SFAC to start procurement a month in advance. At a inter-ministerial review meeting, Consumer Affairs Secretary Hem Pande directed government agencies to give wide publicity to the procurement operations in pulses-producing regions.
"So far, 200 centres have been set up in pulses-producing states and more centres will be added after the arrival of tur crop in October-November,” an official statement said.
The production of pulses is estimated to rise 57% to a record 8.7 million tonnes in the kharif season this year from 5.54 million tonnes in the previous season. According to the Agriculture Ministry’s estimates, Maharashtra is expected to lead with the production of pulses being pegged at 1.7 million tonnes.