Government agencies have so far procured over 34 thousand and 546 tonnes of moong and urad dal directly from farmers for its buffer stock during the ongoing kharif marketing season.<br/>Later the pulses will be used to boost supply in the open market and curb price rise. <br/><br/>An official release said, Food Corporation of India, NAFED and the Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium are procuring kharif pulses from farmers. The Government has set a procurement target of 50 thousand tonnes of pulses for its buffer stock in the current season.<br/><br/>The government has decided to create a 20 lakh tonnes buffer stock of pulses through domestic procurement and imports to make market intervention in the case of price rise.

Government agencies have so far procured over 34 thousand and 546 tonnes of moong and urad dal directly from farmers for its buffer stock during the ongoing kharif marketing season.<br/><br/>Later the pulses will be used to boost supply in the open market and curb price rise. <br/><br/>An official release said, Food Corporation of India, NAFED and the Small Farmers' Agribusiness Consortium are procuring kharif pulses from farmers. The Government has set a procurement target of 50 thousand tonnes of pulses for its buffer stock in the current season.<br/><br/>The government has decided to create a 20 lakh tonnes buffer stock of pulses through domestic procurement and imports to make market intervention in the case of price rise.