Which scheme under the PM-AASHA framework is responsible for the physical procurement of pulses, oilseeds and copra ?
Price Support Scheme (PSS)
PM-AASHA, the Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan, is an umbrella that bundles several distinct ways of defending the minimum support price, and the question asks which of them involves actually buying the crop.
The Price Support Scheme (PSS) is the physical procurement arm. Central nodal agencies such as NAFED and NCCF, working with state governments, buy pulses, oilseeds and copra directly from farmers at the MSP when market prices fall below it, and the stock enters government godowns.
The other components work without the government taking delivery. The Price Deficiency Payment Scheme pays the farmer the gap between the MSP and the market price in cash while the produce is sold in the open market. The Private Procurement and Stockist Scheme lets selected private players buy oilseeds at MSP on a pilot basis. The Market Intervention Scheme covers perishable horticultural crops that lie outside the MSP list altogether.
Hence, the answer is the Price Support Scheme (PSS).
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