After thousands of protesting farmers marched towards Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav’s residence in Bhopal, the Bharatiya Janata Party government on Wednesday increased the procurement limit for moong to 60% from 25% of the state’s estimated crop. The farmers were demanding 100% procurement of moong at the minimum support price. They argued that the ceiling forces farmers to sell much of their harvest in the open market at prices below the minimum support price. The Union government had earlier agreed to procure 4.5 lakh metric tonnes of moong from Madhya Pradesh at the minimum support price of Rs 8,780 per quintal for the 2026-’27 marketing season. Farmers had complained that technical glitches in the online system made it difficult to obtain fertilisers during the sowing season.