Bhopal, July 29 -- The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday announced that it has increased the procurement limit for the summer moong crop from 25 per cent to 60 per cent of produce at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) and suspended the e-token system for fertiliser distribution until further improvements are made.

Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister Edal Singh Kanshana said the decision was taken after discussions with farmer representatives and keeping their larger interests in mind.

"The Centre had fixed a procurement target of 4.52 lakh metric tonnes of summer moong for Madhya Pradesh this year. In accordance with the Central government provision, it was earlier decided that 25 per cent of the moong produce of farmers in the state ...