{"id":30050,"date":"2026-04-21T11:34:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30050"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:37:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:07:31","slug":"market-intervention-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/market-intervention-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Market Intervention Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Market Intervention Scheme Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Agriculture Ministry announced the procurement of 20 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of potatoes under the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS).<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Market Intervention Scheme<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a component of the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pradhan-mantri-annadata-aay-sanrakshan-abhiyan-pm-aasha\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA)<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is implemented on the <\/span><b>request of the State\/UT Government<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the procurement of various <\/span><b>perishable agricultural commodities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as Tomato, Onion and Potato etc. for which <\/span><b>Minimum Support Price (MSP) is not fixed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To intervene in the market to <\/span><b>protect the growers of their commodities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from <\/span><b>making distress sale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the event of a bumper crop during the peak arrival period when the prices tend to fall <\/span><b>below economic levels and cost of production.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Pattern of Assistance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The amount of loss is shared on <\/span><b>50:50 basis between the Central government<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the State government (on <\/span><b>75:25<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> basis in case of <\/span><b>North-Eastern States<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Implementation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> By Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MIS will be implemented only when<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a <\/span><b>minimum reduction of 10%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>prevailing<\/b> <b>market price<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as compared to the previous normal year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>procurement\/coverage limit of production<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> quantity of crops <\/span><b>is 25 percent.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/centres-potato-procurement-price-in-up-is-just-half-of-input-cost-allege-farmers-bodies\/article70881019.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Market Intervention Scheme is a component of the Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA). 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