Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced on Thursday that the government has approved the procurement of 37.39 lakh tonnes of gram and lentils, along with 28.28 lakh tonnes of mustard, for the 2025 rabi marketing season.
The commodities will be procured through central nodal agencies Nafed and NCCF under the Price Support Scheme (PSS), with Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat being the primary producing states.
Of the total pulses procurement, 27.99 lakh tonnes will be gram, while 9.40 lakh tonnes will be lentils.