Grain Procurement News Today

All cooperative societies in Madhya Pradesh are now under the RTI Act, enhancing transparency and accountability in grain procurement and ration shop

India News: BHOPAL: All cooperative societies in MP involved in grain procurement and operating ration shops have been brought under the RTI Act to crack down on .

India Business News: Despite recent India-US bonhomie, the issue of public procurement of grains by FCI, known as public stockholding, is a major bone of contention ahead

Amid farmers’ protests, the Centre has fixed a target to purchase 42.73 million tonnes of wheat in the coming crop marketing season that will start from April, which is 9.56 per cent more than the actual purchase of the previous year. Procurement from Punjab, which is the hotbed of agitation, is expected to be around 13 million tonnes, slightly more than the actual procurement of this year, while that from Madhya Pradesh is expected to be the highest at 13.5 million tonnes. Wheat procuremen...

February 16, 2021 Farmers harvesting paddy crop in a farm near Amritsar. The water table has fallen alarmingly in Punjab (file photo)   -  PTI Farmers harvesting paddy crop in a farm near Amritsar. The water table has fallen alarmingly in Punjab (file photo)   -  PTI× A legal guarantee for minimum support price is bound to benefit just the rich farmers and worsen rural inequality With the stalemate between the Centre and the agitating farmers continuing, it is time to debate on the socio-e...