(a) the quantity and price at which NAFED has procured soyabeans from
Madhya Pradesh during the current year;
(b) the main agencies from whom they have been procured;
(c) whether this procured soyabean has been processed;
(d) the quantity of soyabean still left unprocessed; and
(e) whether the Government propose to process the entire quantity of
soyabean so that Madhya Pradesh oil seed association will be benefitted by this?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
(SHRI SBPBK SATYANARAYANA RAO)
(a) A quantity of 3,32,266 MTS of yellow soyabean @ Rs.845/- per Qtl. and
2652 MTS of Black Soyabean @ Rs.755/- per Qtl. has been procured in Madhya
Pradesh during the current year under the Price Support Scheme.
(b) The procurement was undertaken by National Agricultural Cooperative
Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) through Madhya Pradesh Cooperative
Marketing Federation Ltd. (MARKFED) and Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative
Oilseeds Growers Federation Ltd., (Oilfed).
(c)&(d) A quantity of 50,000 MTS is being processed through the plants of
M.P. Oilfed, out of which around 40,000 MTS has so far been processed and the
remaining 10000 MTS is still to be processed.
(e) No, Sir.