In order to provide better rates for Pulses crops, the State Government has opened 50 procurement centres for purchase especially moong. A total of 14 thousand 500 metric tonne moong was purchased by these centers on support price till date.
Food Corporation of India has established centers at moong producing areas at Timarni, Harda, Khirkiya, Bnapura, Itarsi, Gotegaon, Kolaras, Tikamgarh, Gadarwada, Nagod, Datia, Udaipura, Indore, Satna and Sheopur to purchase moong at support price. Similarly, centers have been opened by Small Farmers Business Consortium at Sironj, Kareli, Narsinghpur and Nagod. Moreover, NAFED has opened its centers at Pipariya, Jabalpur, Nasrullahganj, Ganjbasoda, Katni, Ashoknagar, Sihora, Guna, Neemuch, Bankhedi and Vidisha to purchase moong on support price.
It may be mentioned that beside these 30 centers, procurement centers will be opened at Khategaon, Begumganj, Silari, Alirajpur, Harsood, Tendukheda, Moongawali, Patan, Badarwas, Rajgarh, Aron, Rehari, Shepura-Bhitoni, Jobat, Singrauli, Khargapur, Dabra, lateri, Jirapur and Khandwa.
Madhya Pradesh State Agriculture marketing Board has directed all its officers to undertake procurement work in the mandi premises. Moong will be procured under the union government scheme on support price through FCI, NAFED and SFAC.
It has been directed that farmers should be apprised regularly about purchase of moong on support price putting banners and use of loud speakers in the mandi premises. They should also inform the farmers that they will get competitive rates beside support price for their good and clean kind of notified produce.