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Informist, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025

MUMBAI – The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India procured 167,760.05 tonnes of moong as of Monday, which is 50.2% of the total Centre-sanctioned quantity of 334,416 tonnes under the price support scheme, according to data provided by the federation. Urad procurement has only begun in one out of the nine states, while the procurement of tur is yet to begin.

NAFED procured 139,869.41 tonnes of moong from Rajasthan, which is 58.5% of the approved quantity of 238,988 tonnes to be bought between Oct. 18 and Jan.1, the data showed. Moong procurement in Karnataka stood at 26,752.65 tonnes of the total 38,320-tonne purchase sanctioned for the period between Aug. 24 and Dec. 12, according to the data.

Moong procurement in Telangana as of Monday was 990.44 tonnes, against the sanctioned quantity of 4,715 tonnes for Aug. 30-Nov. 27, according to the data. The federation procured 63.25 tonnes of 29,108 tonnes of moong allowed for procurement in Maharashtra between Oct. 10 and Jan. 7, the data showed. Of the 8,000 tonnes approved for procurement in Tamil Nadu, the federation has bought 84.3 tonnes so far.

Procurement of moong is yet to begin in Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Haryana. Moong from all states will be procured at the minimum support price of INR 8,682 per 100 kg, according to the federation.

In the case of urad procurement, the federation has commenced purchases only in Rajasthan. As of Monday, NAFED has procured 31.25 tonnes of the 149,240 tonnes approved by the government, according to the data. The government has sanctioned a total of 939,720 tonnes of urad for procurement, which will be bought at the minimum support price of INR 7,400 per 100 kg from all states. NAFED has not started urad procurement in Karnataka, Telangana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Haryana so far.

Tur procurement has not begun yet, the data showed. The government has sanctioned the procurement of an additional

966,575 tonnes of tur, with 169,140 tonnes of tur from Telangana, and 306,150 tonnes from Karnataka, according to the data. The federation will also procure tur from Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Haryana. NAFED will purchase tur at the minimum support price of INR 7,550 per 100 kg from all states.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Ashish Shirke

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