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The State authorities has ordered the procurement of sunflower seeds for the 2025-26 rabi play astatine a enactment terms of ₹7,721 per quintal successful 11 districts nether the enactment terms scheme.
Sugar, Textiles and Agricultural Marketing Minister Shivanand Patil has directed authorities to unfastened procurement centres successful Bagalkot, Belagavi, Ballari, Vijayapura, Chamarajanagar, Chitradurga, Gadag, Kalaburagi, Vijayanagara, Raichur, and Dharwad districts, successful accordance with the Union government’s enactment terms guidelines.
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Ltd. (NCCF) person been appointed arsenic the Union government’s procurement agencies, portion the Karnataka Cooperative Oilseed Growers’ Federation volition service arsenic the State government’s procurement agency.
Farmers indispensable implicit registration wrong the adjacent 50 days, portion procurement volition beryllium carried retired implicit the pursuing 60 days. Deputy commissioners, who caput the District Task Force Committees, person been instructed to statesman the registration and procurement process immediately.
To facilitate farmers successful agrarian areas, procurement centres volition beryllium opened successful collaboration with organisations that person warehouses equipped with the indispensable method and technological facilities. Mr. Patil said preparations should statesman aboriginal to guarantee determination are nary issues during registration and procurement.
He besides directed officials to guarantee that traders and procurement agencies bash not misuse the enactment terms procurement centres successful the sanction of farmers.
Mr. Patil said officials person been asked to supply details of the procurement advancement regular to the State authorities and the Karnataka State Agricultural Marketing Board.
