UP govt to buy coarse grains, brings maize under institutional procurement

Since coarse grains require less water, UP has been encouraging farmers to cultivate prominent coarse cereals like maize, jowar, bajra and jau

To realise its plan to promote them, along with major cash crops such as paddy, wheat and sugarcane, the Yogi Adityanath government has decided to procure coarse grains as well from the state's farmers. 

The government will procure 100,000 tonnes of maize through institutional channels between November 15, 2018, and January 15, 2019. This kharif season, the area under maize cultivation was pegged at 675,000 hectares in UP, while the government plans to set up 100 procurement centres for the crop. For 2018-19, the minimum support price (MSP) of maize was fixed at Rs 1,700 per quintal, compared to Rs 1,425