Moong (green gram) and urad (black gram) procurement in Maharashtra at minimum support price (MSP) is slowly gathering pace.
According to the state agriculture department, some 6,581.847 quintals of moong have been procured from 1,164 farmers by the procurement agencies appointed by the government. Around 4,651.88 quintals of urad have been procured from 744 farmers.
As on date, some 43,075 urad farmers have registered online for MSP purchase and 30,120 farmers have registered for moong. The MSP for moong is Rs 6,975, for urad Rs 5,575 and soybean Rs 3,390 per quintal. Moong prices are currently trading in the range of Rs 5,800 per quintal to RS 6,000 per quintal and urad at Rs 5,700 per quintal to Rs 5,800 per quintal.
The government of Maharashtra has targeted procurement of 3.5 lakh quintals of moong and 4 lakh quintals of urad .
In Maharashtra, the production of moong is slated to touch 14.7 lakh quintals and urad 14.7 lakh quintals
(Source-financialexpress)