Govt launches portal for registration, procurement and payment of tur dal producers

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Amit Shah, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation launched the portal developed by the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Limited (NCCF) for registration, procurement and payment of tur dal producing farmers in New Delhi. Amit Shah addressed the national symposium organised on ‘Self-reliance in Pulses’. Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Arjun Munda, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs Ashwini Choubey, Minister of State for Cooperation B. L. Verma and many other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

In his address, the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation said that today we have taken such an initiative through the portal which will facilitate the farmers in selling tur dal by registering in advance through NAFED and NCCF and they will be able to get payment at MSP or more than MSP at market price through DBT. He said that with this beginning, in the coming days the prosperity of farmers, self-reliance of the country in the production of pulses and nutrition campaigns will be strengthened. With this, our campaign of crop pattern changing will gain momentum and there will also be changes in the areas of land reform and water conservation. He said that today’s beginning is the beginning of bringing tremendous changes in the agriculture sector in the coming days.