Government procures 3740.47 metric tonne pulses till October 2

KOLKATA: The government agencies have procured 3740.47 metric tonne pulses as on October 2 during ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS).

The Central government has directed FCI and NAFED to procure kharif pulses from the farmers to ensure MSP for their crops. The agencies have set up 417 procurement centres in pulses producing states to ensure their reach to the farm gates for procurement of Moong and Urad. More centres will be set up if required on the arrival of Tur crop.

So far, FCI has procured 1075.34 metric tonne and NAFED 2665.13 metric tonne pulses since the arrival of kharif pulses during ongoing KMS 2016-17. The government has set up the procurement target of 50,000 metric tonne kharif pulses during current KMS for its buffer stock.