Procurement of one more lakh tonne of groundnut in Gujarat at MSP from March 5

Gandhinagar:

After purchase of over 8 lakh tonnes of groundnut from frames in Gujarat at Minimum Support Price, the government through its agency NAFED (via five Gujarat bodies) would again start such procurement of one more lakh tonne of groundnut from March 5.

Chief Secretary J N Singh today informed this.

He said that the procurement of groundnut would be done at 110 centers in 22 districts and for it 36480 farmers have registered. It would continue till March 9. Five bodies of Gujarat including Sabar and Banas Dairy would conduct the procurement in association with NAFED.

He also informed that the procurement of Tuver at MSP would also be done from March 12 at 40 centers.

The CS today held a review meeting with all the district collectors and instructed them for making all arrangements for procurement in such a way that farmers did not have to face any hardship.

He said that the government has already procured a large amount of groundnut but owing to the bumper crop this year a decision to purchase one lakh tonne more of it has been taken.

The CS said that the procurement would be done under the eyes of CCTV cameras and officials to ensure that the process was conducted hassle free and also to keep a check on any irregularity in it.

DeshGujarat