Procurement Drive
NAFED buys 27% of approved quantity of moong; tur procurement yet to begin
This story was originally published at 22:32 IST on 3 December 2024
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MUMBAI – The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India procured 90,716.32 tonnes of moong as of Monday, which is around 27% of the Centre-approved quantity of 334,416 tonnes under the price support scheme, according to data released by the federation. Urad procurement has begun in only one out of nine states, while tur procurement is yet to begin, the data showed.
Moong from all states will be procured at the minimum support price of INR 8,682 per 100 kg, according to the federation.
NAFED has bought 64,658.83 tonnes of moong in Rajasthan, which is 27% of the sanctioned quantity of 238,988 tonnes to be procured between Oct. 18 and Jan. 15, the data showed. In Karnataka, moong procurement was 25,041.05 tonnes out of the total 38,320 tonnes approved by the government to be procured from Aug. 24 to Dec. 18.
Moong procurement in Telangana as of Monday stood at 990.44 tonnes against 4,715 tonnes allowed for procurement from Aug. 30 to Nov. 27. Procurement of the legume in Maharashtra stood at 26 tonnes, out of the 29,108 tonnes approved by the government. The procurement period in Maharashtra is from Oct. 10 to Jan. 7.
The federation has not yet begun procuring moong in Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Haryana, the data showed.
Meanwhile, NAFED has started urad purchases only in Rajasthan. As of Monday, it had procured only 14.75 tonnes against the approved quantity of 149,240 tonnes in the state, where the procurement period is from Oct. 18 to Jan. 15, the data showed.
Urad from all states is procured at the minimum support price of INR 7,400 per 100 kg. The federation has to procure 430,000 tonnes of urad in Uttar Pradesh, 199,210 tonnes in Maharashtra, 52,750 tonnes in Gujarat, 29,540 tonnes in Andhra Pradesh, 29,370 tonnes in Tamil Nadu, 42,590 tonnes in Karnataka, 6,960 tonnes in Telangana, and 60 tonnes in Haryana.
Procurement of tur from various states has not yet started, the federation said. Out of the total sanctioned quantity of 491,285 tonnes, the federation will procure 395,170 tonnes of tur from Uttar Pradesh, 95,620 tonnes from Andhra Pradesh, and 495 tonnes from Haryana. The pulse will be procured at its minimum support price of INR 7,550 per 100 kg. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Ashish Shirke
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