Express News Service
CHANDIGARH: Assuring that the Punjab Government would buy Summer Moong Pulse on the Minimum Support Price (MSP), Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann right now requested farmers to go in for moong-cultivation.
In a video message right here right now Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann mentioned, “The state government has taken a big decision on Moong Dal. In fifty-five days Moong crop is ready for cultivation if the farmers sow it on May 10, May 15 or May 20, then between July 10 and July 20 it will be ready. We announce to procure it on Minimum Support Price (MSP). The farmers who opt for moong cultivation now can go in for cultivation of late growing of paddy variety PR 126 or basmati thus they get an extra crop between paddy and wheat.”
The Moong cultivation supplies farmers with a possibility to have a 3rd crop in a 12 months. Moreover, moong being a leguminous crop is helpful for the soil because it helps in nitrogen fixation and contributes to bettering soil fertility.
This 12 months until April 2 in round 3,000 hectors Summer Moong Pulse has been sown and final 12 months in 5,000 hectors (12,000 acres) solely in summer season and kharif seasons as it’s grown throughout the state. While final 12 months the union authorities introduced an MSP of Rs 7,275 per quintal of moong however was bought above for Rs 7,500 per quintal. While the enter value can be round Rs 8,000 to Rs 9,000 per acre together with seed, labour, and different expenditure. In this season the federal government is persuading the farmers to develop moong dal in not less than 50,000 acres. As the yield of this crop is 4 to 5 quintals per acre. With the promise of shopping for the crop on the MSP, the federal government shall be giving a serious push to its cultivation.
Sources mentioned that as of now the state grows 50,000 to 60,000 tonnes of pulses per 12 months in opposition to the requirement of six lakh tonnes, which is round 10 per cent of the overall consumption within the state. The relaxation 90 per cent are imported from different states.
Also, the farmers this time are choosing the PR 126 number of seed for paddy as 2,600 quintals of this selection had been developed by Punjab Agriculture University at Ludhiana and are being bought at Rs 140 per kg in opposition to the worth of Rs 65 per kg. Due to the late sowing of late sorts of paddy, round 15 to twenty per cent much less watering shall be required.
This is the second huge announcement by the state authorities on the agricultural entrance. Last week, CM Mann had introduced to offer Rs 1,500 per acre as a subsidy to these getting into for direct seeding of rice.