Madhya Pradesh buys 170,000 tonne of summer-grown moong in over a month.

The Madhya Pradesh government procured around 170,000 tonne of summer-grown moong in five weeks at a minimum support price of 5,225 rupees per 100 kg, including bonus. The procurement drive is underway at 71 centres in the state, procuring moong under the price stabilisation scheme since Jun 10. Initially, the state government targeted to procure 150,000 tonne of the pulse, but it now pegs the procurement to be around 200,000 tonne by Jul 31.