Govt ups tomato, onion, potato purchase limit under mkt intervention scheme
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MUMBAI – The government has increased the procurement limit of crops, such as tomato, onion, and potato, to 25% from 20% under the market intervention scheme, the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare said in a press release. Market intervention scheme is a component of the Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan Scheme, which was implemented on the request of state governments for the procurement of commodities such as tomato, onion, and potato, the release said.
The scheme covers commodities for which minimum support price is not applicable, but their market prices in the states are lower by at least 10% compared to the normal price of the previous season, so that farmers are not forced to sell their produce under distress, the release said.
In order to encourage more states to implement the market intervention scheme, the government has also given states the option to pay the difference between the market intervention price and the selling price directly to the bank accounts of the farmers.
If the prices of tomato, onion, and potato crops vary in the producing and consuming states, the operational cost incurred in storage and transportation of crops will be reimbursed by central nodal agencies such as the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India and National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India, the release said. The Centre has approved the latter for reimbursement of the cost for transportation of up to 1,000 tonnes of kharif tomato from Madhya Pradesh to Delhi, the release said. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Ashish Shirke
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