#GovtScheme Scheme to Boost Pulses Output What?- National | VK IAS- prelims (UPSC highlights)
#GovtScheme
Scheme to Boost Pulses Output
What?- National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) and National Cooperative Consumers Federation (NCCF) -apex organizations for the cooperatives network across rural India-would sign 5-year contracts with farmer collectives willing to grow pulses, assuring procurement at pre-fixed Minimum Support Prices (MSP).
Importance?- financial de-risking for farmers- reduces over dependence on wheat and rice- the most procured crops under MSP
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