MP raises moong procurement to 60% suspends e-token

The Madhya Pradesh government announced a significant increase in its procurement of summer moong on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, after thousands of protesting farmers marched to the state capital of Bhopal. The government raised the procurement limit from 25 percent to 60 percent of the crop at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and suspended a controversial digital fertiliser distribution system.

The decision followed a day of intense protests where farmers, organized under the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and 18 other groups, breached police barricades and demonstrated outside the residence of Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The protesters later advanced to within a kilometer of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav's residence, prompting the state to initiate talks.

State Agriculture Minister Aidal Singh Kansana announced the new measures after meeting with farmer representatives. He stated the increased procurement would take immediate effect, translating to approximately three quintals per acre for farmers in districts like Narmadapuram, Sehore, and Harda. The government also extended key deadlines, moving the slot-booking cutoff from July 30 to August 10 and the final...