Online registration for procurement of Groundnut in Gujarat at MSP from October 1, farmers to get Rs 90 more per quintal this year
September 25, 2019
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has decided to start the online registration for procurement of groundnut for 2019-20 season under center’s Minimum Support Price (MSP) scheme from October 1.
Civil Supply Minister Jayesh Radadiya informed today.
He said that actual procurement would start from Labh Pacham day on 124 centers across the state under CCTV monitoring and foolproof arrangements for storage. This year the MSP has been fixed at Rs 1018 per Mun or 20 kg unit ie Rs 5090 per quintal.
Radadia said that this year it has been estimated that a record production of around 25 lakh tonnes of groundnut would be there in Gujarat and the government would procure around 8 lakh tonnes at MSP.
Notably last year around 4.50 lakh tonnes of groundnut was procured at the rate of Rs 5000 per quintal.
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