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Farmers in India receive the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for 14 crops

Dried Mung Bean
Maize (Corn)
Published Mar 14, 2022

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Haryana has become the first state in India to acquire 14 crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) thanks to the Meri Fasal-Mera Byora e-procurement platform. Wheat, mustard, barley, grams, paddy, maize, bajra, cotton, sunflower, moong, peanut, tur, urad, and sesame are among these crops.

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To improve farming and provide higher income for farmers, the Haryana government has been actively implementing digital governance methods. The Meri Fasal-Mera Byora e-procurement platform, which was established by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in April 2020, is an example of a successful endeavor in this area. During the rabi season, 8.71 lakh farmers, or more than 80% of the total farmers in the state, enrolled on the platform in less than two years. Haryana has become the first state in India to acquire 14 crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) thanks to the portal. Wheat, mustard, barley, grams, paddy, maize, bajra, cotton, sunflower, moong, peanut, tur, urad, and sesame are among these crops. The state's 81 mandis have been linked to the E-NAM (Electronic National Agriculture Market) site to initiate online sales. The eNAM platform provides a pan-India electronic trading gateway that connects the existing APMC mandis to construct a unified national agricultural ...
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