Involving private players in grain procurement needs clear modalities

A few days back, a senior government official once again floated the idea of involving private players in the procurement of food grains, for which he said that attempts are being made to involve the states as well.

The idea in itself is not new and previously several attempts have been made to involve private players in official procurement, most recently in oilseeds.

PPSS for oilseeds

In fact, the PM-ASHAA scheme has a component called ‘Private Procurement and Stockiest Scheme’ (PPSS).

But, this is limited only to oilseeds and has been started on a pilot basis on request from the