New Delhi: The purchase of Tur (Arhar) from farmers at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) by the Centre has actually gotten energy with a complete amount of 1.31 lakh statistics tonnes acquired in significant creating states consisting of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana till March 11, profiting as lots of as 89,219 farmers in these states, the Agriculture Ministry revealed onThursday
Under the Price Support Scheme of the incorporated Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA), the purchase of the alerted pulses, oilseeds and copra satisfying the suggested Fair Average Quality is embarked on by the Central Nodal Agencies at the MSP straight from the pre-registered farmers via the state-level firms.
The Government of India authorized the extension of the incorporated PM-AASHA Scheme throughout the 15th Finance Commission Cycle as much as 2025-26. The incorporated PM-AASHA Scheme is carried out to bring-in even more efficiency in the application of purchase procedures that not just aids in offering useful rates to the farmers for their fruit and vegetables yet additionally regulate the cost volatility of necessary assets by guaranteeing their accessibility at budget-friendly rates to customers, the main declaration stated.
In order to incentivise the farmers adding for the improvement of residential manufacturing of pulses and to decrease the reliance on imports, the federal government has actually authorized the purchase of the whole manufacturing of Tur, Urad and Masur under the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for the purchase year 2024-25.
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The federal government has actually additionally made a news in Budget 2025-26 that the purchase of Tur (Arhar), Urad and Masur would certainly be embarked on for 100 percent of the manufacturing of the state for one more 4 years as much as 2028-29 via Central Nodal Agencies to accomplish self-sufficiency in pulses in the nation.
Accordingly, Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan authorized the purchase of Tur (Arhar) Masur and Urad for 13.22 LMT, 9.40 LMT and 1.35 LMT specifically.
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He authorized the purchase of Tur (Arhar) in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh under Price Support Scheme for the Kharif 2024-25 period for a complete amount of 13.22 LMT.
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.(* )purchase is additionally done from pre-registered farmers on eSamridhi site of NAFED and aSamyukti site of NCCF.
Tur is dedicated to obtain 100 percent of The Centre from the farmers via main nodal firms NAFED and NCCF.Tur
