The Gujarat Government will commence the procurement of pigeon pea (tur), chickpea (chana) and mustard at the centrally-decided minimum support price (MSP) rates from March 10.
The one-month window for online registration to participate in the procurement process will open from February 1, the State government informed. The procurement for the three farm products will continue for 90 days starting March 10 with daily estimated procurement of around 6.25 kg. The State Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel informed that a high-level meeting was held with senior officials of the agriculture department and it was decided to commence procurement of the said crops. The procurement for pigeon peas will take place from 135 centers, while chickpea procurement will happen from 187 centers and mustard procurement will happen from 103 procurement centers across the State.
The Central government has fixed the MSP for pigeon peas at $0,81 per kg, for chickpeas, it is $0,65, and $0,67 for mustard. Notably, in the spot market pigeon pea and mustard prices hovered above MSP, while chickpea prices remained below the support price levels. pigeon pea quoted in the range of $0,67-0,90 per kg with arrivals of 1,200 kg on Friday at Rajkot APMC. Mustard prices were higher than MSP at $0,69. chickpea, on the other hand, remained below the MSP in the range of $0,56-0,58 per kg with arrivals of 330 kg. For 2022-23, the second advance estimate of the Gujarat government projects pigeon pea output at 2,91,000 tonnes, chickpea output at 15,50,000 tonnes and 6,39,000 tonnes.
Source: The Hindu Business Line
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