Government agencies commences procurement of moong in Karnataka, Maharashtra

09 Sep 2016 Evaluate

Government agencies have started procurement of moong in states of Karnataka and Maharashtra and it will be soon expanded to other states according to arrivals. The agencies have been directed to take up procurement of urad from September 15, 2016 and tur also immediate from its arrival.

The directions in this regard were given by the Cabinet Secretary, P.K. Sinha during a meeting to review the prices and availability of essential commodities, especially pulses. All the concern Ministries and Departments have been directed to strengthen monitoring mechanism to ensure availability of these commodities at reasonable prices during the coming festival season.

The government has recently directed the procurement agencies to ensure procurement of coming crop of pulses directly from farmers. In the meeting attended by senior officials of Ministry/Department of Agriculture, Food, Commerce, Revenue, MMTC, NAFED etc, Secretary Department of Consumer Affairs, Hem Pande has asked the government agencies to ensure direct payment to the farmers for procurement.


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