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Procurement completed, Nafed to restart groundnut auction on Monday
The agency has announced closure of procurement of groundnut early this week in most mandis due to lack of arrivals
 "Procurement completed, Nafed to restart groundnut auction on Monday")
Nafed sells 5.5 lakh tonne subsidised pulses to 11 states for PDS: Official
The pulses being allocated to the states are the one which have been procured directly from farmers under the Price Support Scheme
 "Nafed sells 5.5 lakh tonne subsidised pulses to 11 states for PDS: Official")
Nafed to set up 100 bio-CNG plants via PPP with Rs 5,000-cr investment
Nafed chief said each unit will have a capacity to process at least 100-300 tonne agri-waste, from which one-tenth of the CNG will be produced
 "Nafed to set up 100 bio-CNG plants via PPP with Rs 5,000-cr investment")
Bank guarantee limit for pulses & oilseeds for Nafed doubled to Rs 190 bn
In view of fall in prices of pulses and oilseeds below the MSP, the provision of government guarantee will help in protecting the farmers from making distress sales during the peak arrival period
 "Bank guarantee limit for pulses & oilseeds for Nafed doubled to Rs 190 bn")
NAFED to procure pulses, oilseeds using NeML platform
The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED), a a government agency for agricultural produce market intervention, and NCDEX e Markets Ltd. (NeML)- oldest online agri commodity trading platform and services company in India have signed an agreement for creating a e- platform for procurement of Pulses and Oilseeds across the country. The e-procurement platform is Aadhaar enabled online, and transparent platform that provides an end to end solution from farm-gate till its storage in a warehouse and its disposal. The platform would be used by all NAFED State units for procurement of pulses and oilseeds. NeML would work closely with NAFED team at the center and states to ensure the execution of the e-procurement platform. Sanjeev Chaddha, Managing Director and CEO of NAFED said "Our agreement with NeML would help NAFED in creating an efficient transparent and competitive e-procurement platform in line with its expanding role in helping pulse growers get a ...
 "NAFED to procure pulses, oilseeds using NeML platform")
NAFED to provide market linkages to Punjab potato farmers
NAFED is working on three options to help Punjab farmers
 "NAFED to provide market linkages to Punjab potato farmers")
Nafed goes for two VCs
Board to forward revival package along with dissent notes
Can Nafed revive itself?
A battle for boardroom supremacy runs parallel to a Rs 478-crore revival proposal at the cooperative
