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The extension aims to provide farmers with additional time to sell their soybean produce, an official statement said
Jaykumar Rawal. File Pic/X
Maharashtra government has sent proposal to center seeking 7-day extension for soybean purchase, an official statement said on Tuesday.
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Maharashtra Marketing Minister, Jaykumar Rawal, announced that a proposal has been sent to the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, seeking a 7-day extension for the soybean purchase deadline beyond January 31.
The extension aims to provide farmers with additional time to sell their soybean produce.
Soybean procurement is currently progressing rapidly across the state, and several farmers and representatives have requested that the purchase period be extended beyond January 31, the statement said.
In response to this demand, a proposal has been submitted to the central government, and it is expected that a decision will be made soon.
Referring to Latur district in Maharashtra, Jaykumar Rawal informed that the district has already met its soybean purchase target.
The district has now been granted an additional 20,000 metric tons of soybean procurement target, raising the total to 30,000 metric tons. Previously, the district's target was 10,000 metric tons. The increase comes in response to requests from local farmers and their representatives, the statement said.
Rawal further mentioned that the state government, under the leadership of Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, had already secured an extension for soybean purchases until January 31 from the Union Agriculture Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
Now, given the continued demand from farmers and representatives, the state government has once again approached the central government for a further 7-day extension, ensuring that farmers are able to sell their produce in a timely manner.
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(with PTI inputs)
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