NAFED procures 15,280.45 tn tur as of Mon; moong, urad buying progress unch
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MUMBAI – The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India procured 15,280.45 tonnes of tur under the price support scheme as of Monday according to data provided by the federation. The progress of moong and urad procurement is unchanged from last week, standing at 176,474.79 tonnes and 35.70 tonnes, respectively.
Tur procurement in Andhra Pradesh stood at 12,208.75 tonnes, out of the approved quantity of 95,620 tonnes. In Karnataka, of the 306,150 tonnes, NAFED purchased 2,101.65 tonnes, while in Telangana, procurement stood at 967.30 tonnes out of the sanctioned 169,140 tonnes, the data showed. The federation has procured 2.75 tonnes of tur in Maharashtra so far.
The federation will also procure tur from Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat. NAFED will purchase tur at the minimum support price of INR 7,550 per 100 kg from all states.
NAFED procured 145,887.35 tonnes of moong from Rajasthan, 61% 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.
The federation procured 176,502.29 tonnes of moong as of Monday, 52.8% of the total 334,416 tonnes sanctioned by the Centre. 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. The federation has bought 2,664.15 tonnes of moong in Haryana so far, while it has purchased 144.45 tonnes of moong in Gujarat.
Procurement of moong is yet to begin in Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Chhattisgarh. 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 35.70 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, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh so far. End
Reported by Shreya Shetty
Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj
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