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The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) is an organization of marketing cooperatives for agricultural produce in India. [1] It was founded on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi on 2 October 1958 to promote the trade of agricultural produce and forest resources across the nation. [2]
Dry paddy fields in South India Mature rice, Thrissur, Kerala. India is the world's second-largest producer of rice, and the largest exporter of rice in the world. [2] Production increased from 53.6 million tons in FY 1980 [1] to 120 million tons in FY2020-21. [3] Paddy Field. Rice is one of the chief grains of India. Moreover, this country has ...
A variety (Kola Joha) of aromatic Joha rice of Assam. Joha (zoha saul) is a variety of rice grown in India, notable for its aroma, delicate and excellent taste. Assam is the largest cultivator of this rice, it is primarily grown through paddy field farming.
Direct Purchase Centre (DPC): Paddy procurement from farmers [3] Modern Rice Mills (MRM) (22 mills across Tamil Nadu) – Rice hulling are operating at these mills [ 4 ] Corporation Retail Stores(CRS): Tamil Nadu Government Public Distribution System Stores (TN PDS Store) [Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation runs 1162 TN PDS Stores in Tamil ...
[8] [25] In 2018-19, a quarter of the total paddy sales and only 20% of wheat were sold at MSP. [9] Attempts to ensure MSP is fulfilled have included the decades-old Price Support Scheme (PSS), [26] the 2015 Decentralized Procurement Scheme (DCP), [27] and more recently the 2018 umbrella campaign, the Farmer Income Protection Scheme (PM AASHA ...
The portal has transformed public procurement in India [1] by driving its three pillars, namely, inclusion, usability and transparency and efficiency and cost savings. [7] According to an independent assessment made by the World Bank, average savings for buyers in Government e Marketplace portal is about 9.75% on the median price. [8]
Central Warehousing Corporation is a statutory body which was established under ‘The Warehousing Corporations Act, 1962. It is a public warehouse operator established by the Government of India in 1957 to provide logistics support to the agricultural sector.
The district headquarters are located at Nagaon.A part of the Kaziranga National Park is located within the Nagaon district. The district is bounded by the Brahmaputra river in the north (across the river is Sonitpur district, West Karbi Anglong district and Hojai district in the south, Karbi Anglong district and Golaghat district in the east.