Farmers will be registered on e-Samriddhi portal for sale of pulses

24-Jun-2024 04:24 PM

New Delhi. At the national level, farmers who are willing to sell their Kharif pulses at the minimum support price (MSP) fixed by the government can register themselves in advance on the e-Samriddhi portal. States have been asked to encourage maximum number of farmers to register on this portal.

However, despite registration, farmers will not be forced to sell their pulses to government agencies and if they are getting higher price than the support price in the open market (wholesale mandis), then they will be free to sell their produce there.

The government only wants to ensure that the pulse producers get at least the minimum support price so that their enthusiasm and attraction towards the cultivation of pulses remains intact.

Recently, the government has increased the support price of tur to Rs 7550 per quintal and urad to Rs 7400 per quintal.

The government expects that when the harvesting of the new crop begins in full swing, the market price of these two important pulses may fall and in such a situation,

farmers may be forced to sell their produce to government agencies. The sowing season of tur and urad has begun and this time the monsoon rains are expected to be good.