Tur Procurement
NAFED buys 23,022 tn tur as of Sunday; no progress in moong, urad purchases
This story was originally published at 14:00 IST on 24 February 2025
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MUMBAI – Procurement of tur by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India under the price support scheme progressed to nearly 23,022 tonnes as of Sunday, according to data provided by the federation. Moong and urad procurement has remained unchanged since Feb. 11 at 176,474.79 tonnes and 35.70 tonnes, respectively.
In Andhra Pradesh, the federation purchased 15,682.65 tonnes of tur, out of the approved quantity of 95,620 tonnes. NAFED procured 5,893.15 tonnes in Karnataka out of Centre-sanctioned quality of 306,150 tonnes. In Telangana, procurement stood at 1,361.45 tonnes out of the approved 169,140 tonnes, while the federation has procured 84.25 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 the states.
NAFED procured 145,887.35 tonnes of moong from Rajasthan, 61% of the approved quantity of 238,988 tonnes, the data showed. Moong procurement in Karnataka stood at 26,725.15 tonnes of the total 38,320-tonne purchase sanctioned, according to the data.
Moong procurement in Telangana as of Sunday was 990.44 tonnes, against the sanctioned quantity of 4,715 tonnes. The federation procured 63.25 tonnes of 29,108 tonnes of moong allowed for procurement in Maharashtra, 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 has begun only in Rajasthan so far. As of Sunday, NAFED 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 Avishek Dutta
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