Wheat procurement crosses last year's figure, comfortable to meet demand: Food ministryWheat procurement for the 2024-25 Rabi marketing season progresses smoothly, surpassing last year's total with 262.48 lakh tonnes acquired,...
24 May, 2024, 01.33 PM IST
Govt to form committee to make MSP system effective, promote natural farming: PM Narendra ModiThe committee will have representatives of the central government, state governments, farmers, agricultural scientists, and agricultural ec...
19 Nov, 2021, 07.12 PM IST
Demand for agricultural loans and storage facilities expected to go up in the ongoing kharif season“As the Covid-19 cases decline and the pace of vaccination gathers momentum, we are broadly expecting a two-fold increase in the disburseme...
15 Sep, 2021, 11.57 AM IST
Wheat, paddy procurement at all-time high: GovernmentIn addition, 869.76LMTs of paddy was procured on MSP for ongoing KMS 2020-21 and RMS benefitting 128.37 Lakh farmers. This is 14.55 % more ...
23 Jul, 2021, 11.45 PM IST
17% more wheat procured this year than last yearThe government procured 17 per cent more wheat this season as compared to the corresponding purchase last year, said the Centre. An officia...
21 May, 2021, 10.09 PM IST
Onion, pulses, edible oil prices surge in FebruaryPrices of masur (lentil) and urad have increased by 10% over January, while tur prices have jumped 20% during the same period. Wholesale ed...
25 Feb, 2021, 03.12 PM IST
Paddy procurement up by 27.15%: Food ministry“Over the years the government has made the procurement system robust by increasing the procurement centres by 50%. In future the procureme...
15 Jan, 2021, 09.09 PM IST
Govt's paddy buying rises 18.8 per cent so far, highest bought from PunjabThe Centre has given nod for procurement of 45.24 lakh tonne of kharif pulses and oilseeds this year under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) t...
27 Nov, 2020, 07.52 PM IST
Government's MSP paddy procurement rises 20.25% so far this kharif seasonPaddy procurement commenced in Punjab and Haryana from September 26 due to early arrival of the crop, while in other states from October 1.
16 Nov, 2020, 07.58 PM IST
Pulses, edible oil prices rise due to prolonged monsoonDespite demand destruction, the year-on-year increase in price is 24% for groundnut oil, 37% for mustard oil, 26% for sunflower oil, 35% fo...
18 Sep, 2020, 11.45 AM IST
Surplus food stock with government granariesFCI and government agencies have 50 million tonne rice and 27.5 million tonne wheat, as on March 1.
23 Mar, 2020, 10.29 AM IST
Pulses fall as government offloads stock in the open marketChana prices were down 6 per cent from the government’s minimum support price at Rs 4,350 per quintal
02 May, 2019, 09.31 AM IST
Kharif pulses procurement 55% short of targetThe lower procurement by Nafed, however, has resulted in pulses being sold below MSP in the open market.
15 Mar, 2019, 08.54 AM IST
Government to procure 44 lakh tonne of oilseeds and pulses under the PM- AAASHA schemeThe govt has approved proposals from nine states for the procurement of pulses and oilseeds on the basis of MSP in the kharif marketing yea...
27 Oct, 2018, 02.59 PM IST
Kharif crop new minimum support price hike to cost centre ₹33,500cr moreThe new MSP, to be considered by the cabinet on Wednesday, will largely apply to paddy and pulses but will benefit ‘nutri-cereals’ like mil...
04 Jul, 2018, 11.42 AM IST
Government releases Rs 700 crore to Nafed for buying pulses at MSPIn Maharashtra, Nafed has already procured 1 lakh tonnes of Tur under the PSS and it is making additional procurementof 15,000 tonnes.
18 Jun, 2017, 12.42 PM IST
Nafed to sell buffer stock pulses to defence, para-militaryNafed is one of the agencies which undertook procurement of pulses on behalf of the government for creating a buffer stock for use in perio...
08 May, 2017, 06.38 PM IST