Govt to Procure Moong & Urad from MP & Urad from UP under PSS for 2025–26

Q: Q1. In June 2025, the Union Ministry of Agriculture approved the procurement of summer Moong and Urad from which state under the central government's Price Support Scheme?

Answer: Madhya Pradesh. It has also approved the procurement of Urad from Uttar Pradesh under the scheme.

Q: Q2. Which crops are covered under the Price Support Scheme of the Government of India?

Answer: pulses (gram, tur, moong, urad, lentil), oilseeds (groundnut, rapeseed-mustard, soyabean, sesamum, sunflower, safflower, niger seed), and Copra.

Q: Q3. Which is the nodal body that operates the Price Support Scheme of the Government of India for specific crops?

Answer: Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

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Updated: 25 Jun 2025

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Govt to Procure Moong & Urad from MP & Urad from UP under PSS for 2025–26

The Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, approved the procurement of summer lentils, Moong and Urad, in Madhya Pradesh and Urad in Uttar Pradesh from farmers under the Price Support Scheme.

The approval was given at a meeting held on 24 June 2025 in New Delhi that was chaired by Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The meeting was attended by Aidal Singh Kansana, Madhya Pradesh Minister for Farmers’ Welfare and Agriculture Development, Surya Pratap Shahi, Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Minister, Devesh Chaturvedi, Union Agriculture Secretary, and other senior officials.

About the Price Support Scheme

The Price Support Scheme (PSS) is part of the central government’s Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA). Apart from the PSS, the PM-AASHA scheme includes the Price Deficiency Payment Scheme and the Market Intervention Scheme.

The PSS is implemented at the request of the concerned State/Union Territories' government for specific crops.

Crops covered under PSS

In the Price support scheme, the procurement of

Pulses -gram, tur, moong, urad,
Oilseeds- soyabean, groundnut, rapeseed/mustard, sesamum, safflower, niger seed, sunflower, and
Copra

Features of the PSS scheme

Under the PSS scheme, when specified agricultural commodities fall below the Minimum Support Price (MSP), central and state procurement nodal agencies purchase them directly from the farmers at the MSP.
The central government decides the quantity of the crops to be procured in consultation with the concerned state government.
Under the PSS, the central government provides the central procurement agencies with working capital to procure agricultural commodities.

Procurement agencies of the government for PSS

The crops are procured by central government agencies -National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED), the National Consumer Cooperative Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF).
State government agencies also procure the crops from the farmers under PSS.