The government will purchase 0.3 million tonnes (MT) of onions from farmers this fiscal under the Price Stabilization Fund (PSF), down from 0.47 MT bought in FY25. The buffer stock aims to stabilize prices during festive […]
NAFED procures 1.79 lakh tonnes of mustard at MSP so far
NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India) has bought over 1.79 lakh tonnes of mustard from farmers at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 5950 per quintal in the current Rabi marketing season (till […]
Amid worries over retail inflation, Odisha collaborates with NAFED to reduce potato costs.
In Odisha, although there has been a consistent supply of potatoes from West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, retail prices have stayed unregulated. To tackle this issue, the state government has collaborated with the National Agricultural Cooperative […]
Bharat Brand Essential Commodities
The Indian government solved worries about food security and inflation by launching the “Bharat Atta, Chana dal, Moong daal, and Bharat Rice initiatives” to deliver necessary food grains at more reasonable costs. In order to give […]
India to start wheat procurement in March.
India plans to begin wheat procurement on March 1st and aim to acquire 114 lakh metric tons (LMT) of wheat this season. While the administration is still hopeful that problems with the protesting farmers will be […]
The government will begin buying maize from farmers at a guaranteed price for distillers.
The standard operating procedure (SoP) for the government’s plan has been released. According to it, cooperatives like NAFED and NCCF would contract with distillers to guarantee a supply of maize at ₹2,291 per quintal for the […]
Rabi Chana procurement has started and NAFED has procured total 20187 MT
Rabi Chana procurement has started and NAFED has procured total 20187 MT Chana as on 17th March, 2023 under the PSS scheme. Out of total, it has procured 5901 MT in Karnataka, 6274 MT in Gujarat […]