The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) has begun selling onions at ₹35 per kilogram through vans in and around the city. An official of the Federation said around 120 tonnes of onions were being sold daily to help reduce the rate of the vegetable, which is being sold at ₹55-₹75 per kilogram … Read more
New Delhi: Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Thursday inaugurated a tur dal procurement portal through which farmers can register and sell their produce to NAFED and NCCF at a minimum support price or market price. A similar facility will be launched in future for urad and masoor farmers as well as maize farmers, he said. … Read more
New Delhi: The Indian government is continuing its purchases of lentils from Canada despite the worsening of diplomatic ties between the two nations as New Delhi seeks to build buffer stocks to arrest the high price of pulses, said people familiar with the matter. The two central government agencies – National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of … Read more
New Delhi: Amid the fall in onion prices, the government on Tuesday said it has directed cooperatives Nafed and NCCF to intervene in the market and immediately start procurement of red onion directly from farmers. National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited (Nafed) and National Consumers Cooperative Federation of India Limited (NCCF) have also … Read more