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Despite Maharashtra having the largest fig of agencies committed to bargain the commodity nether PSS, procurement is precise dilatory with lone 3,887.93 tonnes of the people 13.08 lakh tonnes being procured.
Just days up of Maharashtra’s polling, the Central authorities has allowed procurement of soyabean with 15 per cent moisture arsenic against the modular 12 per cent. This determination comes arsenic debased prices of the oilseeds and tardy authorities procurement has fueled choler among farmers successful Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of the state.
The bureau order, issued by Binod Giri, lawman commissioner (MPS), connected Friday evening said the section has nary objection to “allow moisture contented successful Soybean upto 15 % (prescribed FAQ percent upto 12%) for procurement nether PSS (Price Support Scheme – nether which the Central authorities procures commodities nether their declared Minimum Support Price (MSP) during Kharif 2024-25 play arsenic a one-time measurement taxable to the information that each expenses/losses incurred connected relationship of procurement of banal with moisture contented upto 15% (prescribed FAQ percent upto 12%) shall beryllium borne by the respective authorities governments successful the larger involvement of the farmers.”
Soyabean, a large currency harvest successful poll-bound Maharashtra, has caused overmuch unrest among farmers owed to the little realisation successful the unfastened market. The authorities has farmers instrumentality the oilseed implicit 50 lakh hectares, but prices are overmuch beneath the MSP of Rs 4,892/quintal. At contiguous astatine Latur’s market–one of the largest soyabean markets successful the country–the mean terms of the oilseed is astir Rs 4,100-4,200/quintal.
Despite Maharashtra having the largest fig of agencies committed to bargain the commodity nether PSS, procurement is precise dilatory with lone 3,887.93 tonnes of the people 13.08 lakh tonnes being procured. Government agencies person blamed higher moisture content–15 per cent–for the debased procurement. However, farmers accidental the agencies entrusted with the procurement bash not person indispensable bandwidth oregon the infrastructure to let them to marque specified largescale procurement. To springiness a perspective, Maharashtra has 40 agencies progressive successful procurement–the largest successful the country.
As the authorities nears its polling day, debased prices person go a bony of contention for farmers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his nationalist rally successful Vidarbha has promised monetary assistance to soyabean growers, and person of absorption Rahul Gandhi has besides promised MSP of Rs 7,000 + bonus if the MVA comes to power. The contiguous determination is aimed astatine allowing higher quantity of soyabean by relaxing the moisture contented norm.
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