New Delhi: Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, on Tuesday introduced stage 2 of the retail sale of subsidised Bharat Atta and Bharat Rice by flagging off mobile vans below.
The mobile vans come from the National Co- operative Consumers’ Federation of India (NCCF), the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED) and Kendriya Bhandar.
As component of the federal government’s plan to maintain rising cost of living controlled, Bharat Atta is being provided to customers at MRP of Rs 30 per kg and Bharat Rice at MRP of Rs 34 per kg.
While connecting with media individuals throughout the occasion, Joshi claimed, “the initiative is an affirmation of the Government of India’s commitment towards ensuring the availability of essential food items to the consumers at subsidised prices. Direct interventions through retail sale of basic food items under Bharat Brand such as rice, atta and dal have helped in maintaining a stable price regime.”
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Bharat Atta andBharat Rice will certainly be readily available at shops and mobile vans of Kendriya Bhandar, NAFED and NCCF and ecommerce/ large chain stores. ‘Bharat’ brand name Atta and Rice will certainly be marketed in 5 Kg and 10 Kg bags throughout stage 2, according to a main declaration.
In the preliminary phase of Phase 2, 3.69 lakh statistics tonnes (LMT) of wheat and 2.91 LMT of rice are being provided for retail sale. During Phase– I, around 15.20 LMT of Bharat Atta and 14.58 LMT Bharat Rice was provided to basic customers at subsidised prices.
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Providing an upgrade on the purchase of paddy in Punjab, the Union Minister claimed that the Central Government stands dedicated “to achieve the targeted procurement estimate of 184 LMT in Punjab and procure every single grain brought to mandis by the farmers.”
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As of November 4, a complete amount of 104.63 LMT of paddy has actually gotten here in the Punjab mandis, out of which 98.42 LMT had actually been acquired by state firms and FCI. The paddy is being acquired at MSP of Rs 2,320 per quintal as made a decision by the Government of India for Grade ‘A’ paddy, the preacher claimed.
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.(* )overall paddy acquired by the main federal government till day in the recurring kharif advertising period 2024-25, totals up to
The 20,557 crore. Rs has actually profited 5.38 lakh farmers and the MSP quantity has actually been attributed to their checking account, This included.Joshi
