The procurement target for Rice during Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2014-15 has been finalized as 300.50 lakh tones (LT). The actual Rice procurement during KMS 2013-14 was 266.49 LT against target of 320.59 LT. Despite deficit monsoon and delayed sowing, the targets of procurement for Kharif crop are comparable to the last Kharif season’s procurement target and exceed the actual procurement of last year’s Kharif crop.
The states have been asked to open adequate purchase centers and deploy sufficient manpower. They have also been advised to make arrangements for publicizing MSP fixed, procurement centers opened etc through print and audio-visual media as well as through pamphlets in local languages. The state governments have also been asked to give details of storage plan for the ensuing KMS and should have an action plan to meet the deficit in storage requirement.
The Online Procurement Monitoring System (OPMS) has been evolved for reporting and monitoring of procurement operations for wheat, paddy and coarse grains in the country on a daily basis. The state government has been requested to ensure that all state agencies should start feeding data at revenue district level into the system on a daily basis.
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