In a virtual meeting with agriculture ministers of various states at New Delhi, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, “E-Samridhi portal has been launched through NAFED and NCCF for registration of farmers and the government is committed to procure these pulses at MSP for farmers registered on the portal.
He urged the State Governments to encourage more and more farmers to register on this portal so that they can avail the facility of assured procurement.
“The centre is committed to procure Tur, Urad and Masur at Minimum Support Prices (MSP) to ensure crop diversification and achieve self-sufficiency in pulses production”, he added.
Chouhan informed that for availability of good quality seeds, the Government of India has opened 150 Pulse Seed Hubs and Cluster Front Line Demonstrations (CFLDs) are being given by the ICAR in low productivity districts.
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Ram Nath Thakur, Bhagirath Chaudhary, Agriculture Secretary Shri Manoj Ahuja and others were also present in the meeting.
