Price Support Scheme (PSS)

Government's Price Policy for agricultural produce seeks to ensure remunerative prices to the growers for their produce with a view to encourage higher investment and production, and to safeguard the interest of consumers by making available supplies at reasonable prices .NAFED is one of the Central Nodal Agency of the Government of India for undertaking procurement of identical Oilseeds and Pulses under Price Support Scheme (PSS) in addition to Cotton Corporation Of India CCI. NAFED commences the procurement from the farmers directly through its cooperative network when the market rates of a particular commodity fall below or touch at MSP. The MSP announced by the Governement of India are identified Oilseeds, Pulses and Cotton for the martketing season 2010-11 and 2011-12 are given as under :-

[ RATE IN RS. PER QTL. FOR FAQ]

Commodity	2010-11	2011-12
Soyabean (yellow)	1440	1690
Soyabean (Black)	1400	1650
Safflower Seed	1680	1800
Sunflower Seed	2350	2800
Groundnut Pods	2300	2700
Mustard Seed	1830	1850
Toria	1735	1780
Niges Seed	2450	2900
Seasame Seed	2900	3400
Copra (Ball)	4700	4775
Copra (Milling)	4450	4525
Moong	3170*	3500*
Urad	2900	3300*
Arhar (Toor)	3000	3200*
Gram	1760	2100
Masoor (Lentils)	1870	2250
Cotton - S.L. 24.5-25.5mm	2500	2800
Cotton - S.L. 29.5-30.5mm	3000	3300

During the year 2010-11, the prices of Milling& Ball Copra, Sunflowerseed and Sesamum ruled below the respective Minimum Support (MSP) fixed by the Government of India for the relevant marketing season. NAFED procured a quantity of 28371 MTs of Milling Copra valued at Rs 12762.23 Lakhs in the States of Kerala,Tamil Nadu , Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Island and 895 MT's Ball Copra valued at Rs 420.57 Lakhs in the state of Karnatakaunder Price Support Scheme. A quantity of 1914 MTs of Sesamum valued at Rs 550.92 Lakhs in West Bengal States 861 MTs of Sunflowerseed valued at Rs 193.01 Lakhs in Haryana was procured under PSS.

During the year 2010-11 due to good production and sizable import of Pulses ,rates of Urad and Arahar (Toor) ruled belwo the respective MSP.NAFED intervened in the market and procured a quantity of 291 MTs of Arahar (Toor) valued at Rs 97.45 crore in Maharashtra , Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and 131 MTs of Urad valued at Rs 45.88 crore in Madhya Pradesh.

Details of various Oilseeds and Pulses procured by NAFED under PSS during the year 2010-11 are given as under :-

[ QTY. IN MTS/VALUE IN RS.LAKHS ]

S.No	Commodity	Qty. Purchased	Values (Loose)
Oilseeds
1	Copra(Ball)	28371	12762.23
2	Copra(Milling)	895	420.57
3	Sunflowerseed	861	193.01
4	Sesamum	1914	550.92
	Total	32041	13926.73
Pulses
1	Arahar (Tur)	291	97.45
2	Urad	131	45.88
	Grand Total	422	143.33