allowed Maharashtra to procure up to nine lakh quintals of
maize and extended the date to do so till July 15, state
minister Chhagan Bhujbal said on Wednesday.
Earlier, the Centre had allowed the state government
to procure 2.50 lakh quintals of maize and 1.50 lakh quintals
of jowar till June 30.
The state civil supplies minister said the target with
regard to maize was achieved in advance and time had come to
close the procurement centres.
Still some produce was left with farmers and the
Maharashtra State Marketing Federation and Adivasi Vikas
Mahamandal (tribal development corporation) were demanding the
procurement of the same, Bhujbal said.
“The state government had urged the Centre to revise
the maize procurement targets to nine lakh quintals and extend
the deadline to July 15,” he said.
The demand has been accepted and all the produce will
be procured now, the minister said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, Bhujbal said the government had provided
over 23 lakh Shiv Bhojan thalis at Rs 5 per plate through 851
centres between June 1 and June 23.
More than 81 lakh thalis were distributed from April
till June, he added. PTI ENM
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