UP & Gujarat Farmers To Benefit From Rs 13,890 Cr Procurement Of Pulses & Oilseeds

2025-09-24 08:57:53

(MENAFN- KNN India) New Delhi, Sep 24 (KNN) Union Minister for Agriculture, Farmers' Welfare and Rural Development, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, approved large-scale procurement of pulses and oilseeds in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat for the Kharif 2025–26 season.

The decision, expected to benefit farmers directly, covers procurement worth Rs 13,890.60 crore.

In Uttar Pradesh, the Centre sanctioned 100 percent procurement of 2.27 lakh tonnes of urad (Rs 1,777.30 crore) and 1.13 lakh tonnes of tur (Rs 910.24 crore).

Additional approvals include 1,983 tonnes of moong (Rs 17.38 crore), 30,410 tonnes of sesame (Rs 299.42 crore) and 99,438 tonnes of groundnut (Rs 722.22 crore).

For Gujarat, approvals cover 47,780 tonnes of urad (Rs 372.68 crore), 1.09 lakh tonnes of soybean (Rs 585.57 crore), 12.62 lakh tonnes of groundnut (Rs 9,167.08 crore) and 4,415 tonnes of moong (Rs 38.71 crore).

The approvals followed a virtual meeting chaired by Chouhan, attended by Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Minister Surya Pratap Shahi, Gujarat Agriculture Minister Raghavji Patel, Union Agriculture Secretary Devesh Chaturvedi and senior officials of both states.

Chouhan directed the states to ensure that procurement is carried out in a transparent and fully digital manner, with Aadhaar-based biometric or facial authentication and POS machines-around 350 in Uttar Pradesh and 400 in Gujarat.

He stressed that only genuine farmers should benefit, and middlemen must be kept out of the process.

The minister also highlighted that procurement would be facilitated through the e-Samriddhi and e-Samyukti portals, enabling direct payment into farmers' bank accounts. NAFED and NCCF have been asked to undertake pre-registration of farmers.

Chouhan added that approved procurement quantities may be revised after the release of the first advance estimates for the Kharif 2025–26 crop, ensuring that farmers receive maximum support at government-notified minimum support prices (MSP).

(KNN Bureau)

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