The purchase of Moong, Urad and Tuar on support price continues in the State. So far 608685.16 quintal moong, 85738.13 quintal urad and 70905 quintal tuar has been purchased till Sunday evening.
So far, 47,66,840.29 quintal onions have been purchased from onion purchase centres in State till on Sunday evening. It may be noted that State is purchasing onions at the rate of Rs 8 per kg to ensure that the farmers of the state get a fair price for their produce.
The purchase of Moong and Urad on support price has been maximum today evening ever since the process of purchase started on June 10. Today 19 thousand 452 metric ton moong has been purchased. This is 33 per cent of the purchase made so far. Similarly, today 2363 metric ton urad has been purchased which is 33 per cent of the total urad purchased on support price so far.
As per information so far 107391 metric ton pulses have been purchased on support price so far. These crops include Moong, Urad, Tuar and Masoor.
Notably, few days ago, CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan had met Union Minister for Consumer Affairs and Food and Public Distribution Ramvilas Paswan urging him about the purchase of pulses particularly moong, urad and arhar on support price.
He urged that along with NAFED, FCI should also be made procurement agency and the procurement of cereals like wheat and paddy should be continued.
Chouhan had said that the practical problems that have to be faced before making aadhar verification mandatory under National Food Security Act should also be taken into account.