Govt. announces MSP for pulses
The Hindu
4,000 MT of black gram, 3,367 MT of green gram to be procured
The State government on Tuesday announced that it would directly procure 4,000 MT of black gram and 3,367 MT of green gram from farmers during 2021-22. It announced a minimum support price of ₹63 a kg for black gram and ₹72.75 a kg for green gram.
The desired moisture content of black gram and green gram is 12% during direct procurement at regulated markets. The Tamil Nadu State Agricultural Marketing Board would be the nodal agency, regulated markets would be the direct procurement centres and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) would be the Central agency.
Black gram would be directly procured through 31 regulated markets. Green gram would be procured through 17 regulated markets, an official release said.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists