1. NATIONAL CONFERENCE KHARIF CAMPAIGN - 2014 GROUP – IV : MARKETING INTERVENTION TO ENSURE REMUNERATIVE PRICES OF PULSES, OILSEEDS AND COASRE CEREALS NEW DELHI Dated : February 26-27 th, 2014 Farmer Welfare and Agriculture Development Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

2. 12 Amount is credit to Farmers Account ( Rs. 11323 Crores) Purchase Center Farmer Farmer Registration (18.13 Lakh) Wheat Procurement (16.46 Lakh SMS) Procurement Center Slip with Registration Code is given to Farmer Advance SMS alert sent to Farmer intimating about the Date of Procurement Farmer goes to Procurement Center on Date (11.49 Lakh) Farmer Procurement Transaction Performed and Receipt is given to Farmer (76.61 Lakh MT) Bank 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Procurement done: Wheat 63.51 LMT., Paddy 13.40 LMT. eUparjan – Process Snapshot (2012)

3. Procurement and Mandi Arrival Unit - Lakh MT Crop2011-122012-132013-14 Prod.Procure ment Mandi arrival Prod.Procure ment Mandi arrival Prod.Procure ment Mandi arrival upto Feb 14 Wheat 92.2749.6493.61145.4485.07120.03 193.13 63.53106.88 Paddy 22.809.4018.0530.2013.4019.8739.5015.7022.17 18

4. Being a sharbati Wheat and Basmati rice growing state there is no separate provision for MSP GoI has to decide separate MSP so that farmers may get advantage of proper remunerative price In Tribal Districts of state minor millets such as kodo kutki and ragi are grown on 2.31 lakh ha. These crops are having medicinal value as well as high nutrient content but no MSP is declared In addition to MSP declared by GoI State Govt. made the separate provisions to provide additional assistance of Rs.150 in wheat, and Rs.150 in rice.

5. Challenging task - The procurement of gram In the year 2013-14 gram covered 34.8 lakh ha. and estimated production 47 lakh MT. due to favorable condition and best technology adoption In comparison to last year 36% more production is being estimated. Govt. of India declared Rs. 3100 / Qtls. MSP but current flow of market rate is Rs. 2600 to 2700 / Qtls. Govt. of Madhya Pradesh has already requested to Govt. of India, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation wide latter no. 618 dated 23- 01-2014. Govt. has already be award about following points. –To make arrangement 80,000 bales. –To make arrangement Rs. 7200 crores for the procurement –To make arrangement 15 days advance to State Marketing Federation –To make arrangement for godown etc. If the timely above operation not made there will be a great problems in the procurement and discouragement to the gram growing cultivators

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