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Tag: Urad pulses

Center,To Ensure Food Security,Procures Moong+Urad from Farmers

[New Delhi]To Ensure Food Security,Center Procures 3 4546 MT Pulses from Kharif Farmers
Govt Agencies have completed 70% procurment against their declared target of 50 K MT
The Government agencies have procured 34546.69 MT pulses- Moong+ Urad as on 25.10.2016 during ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS).
FCI+NAFED+SFAC are procuring Kharif pulses from the farmers to ensure MSP for their crops in pulses producing states.
So far, FCI has procured 8166.71 MT,
NAFED 23510.13 MT and
SFAC 2869.85 MT Moong and Urad
since the arrival of Kharif crop during ongoing KMS 2016-17.
The Government has set up the procurement target of 50,000 MT Kharif pulses during current KMS for its buffer stock