Wheat procurement till Wednesday during RMS 2023-24 is 195 lakh metric tonne (LMT) whereas in RMS 2022-23, the procurement was 188 LMT. This has largely benefitted the farmers.
According to a statement from the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution, about 159 lakh million tonne (lmt) of wheat will be available as on January 1, 2023, which is well above the buffer norm requirement of 138 lmt of January 1. As on December 12 2022, around 182 lmt o
For the Kharif crop of the current marketing season 2022-23, a quantity of 771 lakh tonne Paddy (518 lakh tonne in terms of Rice) has been estimated to be procured as against 759 LMT paddy (510 lakh tonne in terms of Rice) actually procured during 2021-22 (Kharif Crop).
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Tuesday approved an increase in the minimum support prices (MSP) for all mandated rabi crops for 2023-24 marketing season.
New Delhi [India], October 18 (ANI): Union minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday announced that the government has approved the minimum support prices (MSPs) for all rabi crops for marketing season 2023-24.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], September 30 (ANI): The Odisha Cabinet headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday approved the food and procurement policy for Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2022-23, to regulate all aspects of paddy and rice procurement, as per a statement from the stat
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 26 (ANI): In a pro-farmer move, for the first time, the Yogi-led government in Uttar Pradesh is going to buy 'bajra' (pearl millet) along with maize and paddy at the Minimum Support Price in the Kharif marketing year 2022-23.
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): Paddy procurement under the central pool has been progressing smoothly for the Kharif marketing season 2021-22 across various States and Union territories.
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), approved the increase in the Minimum Support Prices (MSPs) for all mandated Kharif crops for marketing season 2022-23, informed the officials on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): The Central government on Monday announced that paddy procurement at Minimum Support Price (MSP) worth Rs 1.36 lakh crore has been done so far from 94.15 lakh farmers in the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS).
New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): As the paddy procurement is progressing smoothly in Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2021-22 at minimum support price (MSP) from farmers, as was done in previous years, about 18.17 lakh farmers have been benefitted with MSP value of Rs. 57,032.03 crore, i