Msp Procurement News Today

A farmer union leader calls for a special parliamentary session to pass a bill guaranteeing MSP for 23 crops, following the rejection of the Centres 5-year MSP proposal. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha plans to resume the Delhi Chalo march, pausing at Punjabs Shambhu border. They demand MSP legislation and loan waivers.

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...

Amid the ongoing farmers protest lead largely by Punjab and Haryana farmers, the Central government today said that it has directed both the states to ensure online payment to farmers through the electronic mode from the coming procurement season. The wheat procurement season for FY22 will start in the next few weeks. The procurement is done at the Centre-fixed Minimum Support Price (MSP). In a presentation made by the Ministry of Food and Public distribution and Consumer Affairs, the govern...