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About 81.14 lakhs paddy farmers benefitted from KMS Procurement Op
Updated : 2 days, 10 hours ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): About 81.14 lakh paddy farmers have benefitted from Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) Procurement Operations with an MSP value of Rs 1,08054.40 crores, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution informed on Wednesday.
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Procurement of paddy under MSP in Chhattisgarh
Updated : 2 weeks, 5 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): An Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Government of India, State Government and Food Cooperation of India in both Scheme of Decentralised procurement (DCP) and non-DCP states for procurement of paddy from farmers under the central po
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Paddy procurement rises by 21.56 pc compared to last year
Updated : 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Monday said that paddy procurement up to December 20 this year stood at 415.37 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) as against 341.68 LMT last year, showing a year-on-year growth of 21.56 per cent.
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Govt continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops from farmers as per
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 13 (ANI): In the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21, Government continues to procure Kharif 2020-21 crops at its MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP Schemes, said Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution on Sunday.
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Paddy procurement has gained momentum showing increase of 23 pc ov
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 25 (ANI): Paddy procurement for Kharif marketing season 2020-21 has gained momentum showing an increase of 23 per cent over last year, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said on Sunday.
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Govt imposes stock limit on onions for wholesalers, retailers
Updated : 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): The Consumer Affairs Secretary Leena Nandan on Friday announced that in view of the rising price of onion from the second week of September, the government has imposed a stock limit on onion effective from today.
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Paddy procurement for Kharif season going on smoothly: Centre
Updated : 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Paddy procurement for the Kharif marketing season (KMS) 2020-21 is going on smoothly and the government continues to procure crops at MSP from farmers as per its existing MSP schemes as was done in previous seasons, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and
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Govt procured nearly 43 lakh tonne Kharif paddy from 3.57 lakh far
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 12 (ANI): As the Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2020-21 begins, as much as 42.55 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy has been purchased from 3.57 lakh farmers at a minimum support price valued at Rs 8032.62 crore, a statement from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Foo
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Piyush Goyal gets additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affair
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal has been assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution by President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday.
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Early procurement of Paddy, Rice in Haryana and Punjab in KMS 2020
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): The order for the commencement of procurement operations for paddy and rice in Haryana and Punjab have been issued on Saturday, said Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
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8 LMT foodgrains allocated to States/UTs under Atma Nirbhar Bharat
Updated : 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 18 (ANI): A total of approx 8 LMT foodgrains (Rice and Wheat) were allocated to States/UTs under Atma Nirbhar Bharat package amid COVID-19 pandemic, the central government said on Friday.
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Wheat procurement by govt agencies surpasses last year's figures
Updated : 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 25 (ANI): Procurement of wheat by government agencies surpassed last year's figure of 341.31 lakh tonnes to touch 341.56 lakh tonnes on May 24, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said on Monday.
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