September 21, 2024

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Important choice of the state authorities within the curiosity of farmers, buy of kutki and ragi is now until February 15

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In Chhattisgarh, the time interval for buy of Kodo, Kutki and Ragi crops on help value has now been prolonged until February 15, 2022. Earlier, the date for the acquisition of those crops was until January 31. It is price noting that this essential choice has been taken within the curiosity of farmers because of delay in harvesting attributable to rains in numerous areas of the state.
In order to advertise the cultivation of millet crops like Kodo, Kutki and Ragi historically by the forest dwellers residing across the forest areas of the state, the federal government of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has determined to buy them on help value from this yr. Under this, below this procurement marketing campaign, which is able to run from December 1, 2021 to February 15, 2022, the help value of Kodo and Kutki from forest dwellers-farmers has been mounted at Rs 30 per kg and for Ragi at Rs 33.77 per kg. It is noteworthy that over the last years, attributable to non-availability of MSP for these millet crops, the manufacturing of millet crops like Kodo, Kutki and Ragi was regularly lowering. Considering these circumstances, the State Government has determined to buy Kodo, Kutki and Ragi from this yr by Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce Association.
Under the steerage of Minister of Forest and Climate Change Shri Mohammad Akbar within the state, procurement of Kodo, Kutki and Ragi on help value is happening in a scientific method. In this regard, Principal Secretary Forest and Climate Change Shri Manoj Pingua knowledgeable that at current the work of their buy is being accomplished by all of the Primary Minor Forest Produce Co-operative Societies of the State. Managing Director State Minor Forest Produce Association Shri Sanjay Shukla knowledgeable that until now 07 thousand 799 quintals of Kodo, Kutki and Ragi price about Rs. 2.5 crore have been bought within the state. These embody 05 thousand 990 quintals of Kodo, 01 thousand 112 quintals of kutki and 697 quintals of ragi.

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