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State-run co-operative Nafed is planning to buy 20 lakh tonnes of mustard and 15-20 lakh tonnes of pulses in the ongoing rabi harvesting season at the minimum support price (MSP), its Managing Director Sanjeev Chaddha said on Friday.
Nafed will buy pulses and oilseeds on behalf of the government to provide MSP to farmers, he said, adding that the co-operative has made arrangements of funds to carry out this procurement operations.
Pulses stock
“We will be purchasing 15-20 lakh tonnes of pulses and 20 lakh tonnes of mustard in the ongoing rabi harvesting season,” Chaddha told reporters on the sidelines of a conference organised by industry body Assocham on compressed bio-gas.
He said Nafed already has a stock of 35 lakh tonnes of pulses.
Asked about disposal of the pulses stock, Chaddha said the Centre provides pulses to States at a subsidised price for distribution through the ration shops.
Compressed bio-gas
On the compressed bio-gas programme, Chaddha said Nafed and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) are working with private entrepreneurs to set up bio-CNG manufacturing plants across the country using agri-wastes.
IOC Executive Director Subodh Kumar said about 200 letters of intent have been issued so far to set up plants, which would require an investment of ₹25-40 crore each.
He said oil marketing companies would buy compressed bio-gas from these plants for supply through their retail outlets at around ₹50 per kg.
Kumar said these projects should be treated under the priority sector lending so that the private companies get finance at cheaper rates.
Green energy company Clean Effentech (CEF) will provide technology to these proposed plants.
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