The Department of Food and Public Distribution has developed an application ecosystem, which allows the integration of procurement portals of all state governments having Minimum Threshold Parameters (MTPs) for monitoring and strategic decision making.
The process began with the onset of KMS 2021-22 in October 2021. The introduction of MTPs in procurement operations are necessitated to avoid middlemen in procurement and provide that farmers get the best value for their produce. The integration with the central portal will go a long way in expediting the reconciliation of procurement figures with states and the release of funds by the Centre to the states.
Farmers will be able to sell their produce at suitable prices and avoid distressed sales. With better management of procurement operations, the state agencies and FCI will be able to procure efficiently with the limited resources at hand. The automation and standardisation of procurement operations shall provide an integrated view of procurement of foodgrains and the storage in godowns.
Data to flow through API-based integration, to the proposed unified GoI Portal for real-time reporting of farmers/sharecroppers benefitted, number of small/marginal farmers, yield, quantity procured, payment made, inventory management of central pool stocks.
It is pertinent to mention here that there is a varied scale of implementation of information technology-based tools across the states. Moreover, because of the prioritisation of the local requirements and practices, a pan-India standard procurement ecosystem was non-existing.
The Government of India over multiple forums has sensitised state governments and other public procuring agencies on the need of MTPs compliance for procurement operations and its integration with the central portal, namely Central Foodgrains Procurement Portal (CFPP) through the Department of Food & Public Distribution in its discussion with the respective state governments.
The Government of India over multiple forums has sensitised state governments and other public procuring agencies on the need of MTPs compliance for procurement operations and its integration with the central portal, namely Central Foodgrains Procurement Portal (CFPP) through the Department of Food & Public Distribution in its discussion with the respective state governments
