On
the approval and direction of Union Agriculture Ministry to contain
stress sale by farmers, the Rajasthan Government will start procurement
of fresh bajra produce at Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 880 per
quintal in 16 out of 33 districts from November one. Rajfed would buy
bajra at 44 procurement centres, while Food Corporation of India at 25
centres, the Food and Civil Supply Minister Babulal Nagar told in a
press conference here. As per the crop assessment the first phase buying
would be effective, where its production was above one lakh tonne in a
district, Nagar said. Payment of up to Rs 10,000 would be made to
farmers by a bearer cheque, while above it would be an account payee
cheque. High standards of quality, moisture, hardness, disease less, and
weight per gram would be maintained by the buying agencies (fci and
rajfed), he said. As against sowing of bajra in 51 lakh hectares,
Rajasthan recorded its bumper production up to 45 lakh tonnes, he
said.The state would go for renting private warehouses to store the
procurement, if required, he said. Recently, Union Agriculture Minister
Sharad Pawar has approved the state government’s proposal and provided a
fund of Rs 50 cr to the state to start its procurement. Agriculture
Ministry also directed Reserve Bank of India to transfer a fund of Rs 50
cr for setting up bajra procurement centres in the state with immediate
effect. Farmers were selling it at the price lower than MSP at around
Rs 700 to Rs 750 per quintal in the open market to brokers which was a
direct loss to the producer.
the approval and direction of Union Agriculture Ministry to contain
stress sale by farmers, the Rajasthan Government will start procurement
of fresh bajra produce at Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 880 per
quintal in 16 out of 33 districts from November one. Rajfed would buy
bajra at 44 procurement centres, while Food Corporation of India at 25
centres, the Food and Civil Supply Minister Babulal Nagar told in a
press conference here. As per the crop assessment the first phase buying
would be effective, where its production was above one lakh tonne in a
district, Nagar said. Payment of up to Rs 10,000 would be made to
farmers by a bearer cheque, while above it would be an account payee
cheque. High standards of quality, moisture, hardness, disease less, and
weight per gram would be maintained by the buying agencies (fci and
rajfed), he said. As against sowing of bajra in 51 lakh hectares,
Rajasthan recorded its bumper production up to 45 lakh tonnes, he
said.The state would go for renting private warehouses to store the
procurement, if required, he said. Recently, Union Agriculture Minister
Sharad Pawar has approved the state government’s proposal and provided a
fund of Rs 50 cr to the state to start its procurement. Agriculture
Ministry also directed Reserve Bank of India to transfer a fund of Rs 50
cr for setting up bajra procurement centres in the state with immediate
effect. Farmers were selling it at the price lower than MSP at around
Rs 700 to Rs 750 per quintal in the open market to brokers which was a
direct loss to the producer.