Govt to purchase moong, peanuts under PSS
State government has decided that the purchase of moong and peanuts will be under the scheme of Price Support Scheme (PSS) this time. This purchase will be done through National Agriculture Cooperative Marketing Federation of India ( NAFED) which is the nodal agency of union government Importantly, under this scheme, there is a possibility that mandi tax will be removed by the state government, informed the sources. This tax is paid by the farmers to the state government and last year because of this tax , there were problems in purchase of peanuts in the state.
However, this time the government will have to make a revolving fund for operation of this procurement exercise and will also have to give its approval for removal of mandi tax. This is a condition under the PSS .
The revolving fund will be made by Rajasthan state cooperative marketing federation limited ( RAJFED) which will be the nodal agency of the state government for purchase.
The decision was taken on Friday in a meeting between state’s cooperative minister, Ajay Singh Kilak and CR Choudhary, union minister of state for consumer affairs, food and public distribution. Giving the information after the meeting , …read more
