Farmers urged to make full use of Minimum Support Price procurement centres

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The Kalaburagi territory medication has urged farmers to marque afloat usage of the procurement centres acceptable up crossed the territory to merchantability their nutrient nether the government’s Minimum Support Price (MSP) strategy for the 2025-26 season.

Announcing the docket and details of the MSP procurement drive, Deputy Commissioner Fouzia Taranum and Joint Director of Agriculture Samad Patel said that the authorities issued orders for the procurement of greenish gram, achromatic gram and sunflower connected September 25 and for soybean connected September 29.

The medication has fixed the MSP for greenish gram astatine ₹8,768 per quintal, with a maximum bounds of 3 quintals per acre and 15 quintals per farmer.

Black gram volition beryllium procured astatine ₹7,800 per quintal, with a ceiling of 5 quintals per acre and 30 quintals per farmer. Sunflower volition fetch ₹7,721 per quintal, with a bounds of 4 quintals per acre and 20 quintals per farmer, portion soybean volition beryllium purchased astatine ₹5,328 per quintal, with a bounds of 5 quintals per acre and 20 quintals per farmer.

For implementing the scheme, the Karnataka State Pulses Development Board, Kalaburagi, has been designated to procure greenish gram, the Karnataka State Cooperative Marketing Federation, Kalaburagi, volition grip achromatic gram and soybean procurement and the Karnataka Cooperative Oilseed Growers Federation Ltd. volition oversee sunflower procurement.

In all, 67 superior cultivation cooperative societies and different designated agencies, including 59 centres handling greenish gram and achromatic gram procurement and 47 centres handling sunflower and soybean, volition facilitate the process.

NAFED has been appointed arsenic the State-level procurement agency.

Farmers are required to registry their nutrient astatine the respective centres, wherever biometric verification volition beryllium mandatory for each transactions.

Registration for greenish gram, achromatic gram and sunflower volition stay unfastened until December 13 and procurement volition proceed until December 23.

For soybean, registration volition beryllium accepted until December 17 and procurement volition proceed until December 27.

Payments volition beryllium made straight to farmers done the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) portal.

Farmers seeking further accusation whitethorn interaction Ph: 9449864446 for achromatic gram and soybean, Ph: 9964474444 for greenish gram and Ph: 9591812142 for sunflower.

Published - October 07, 2025 07:00 p.m. IST

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