https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=47769 Maharashtra has created a centralized Agricultural Hedging Desk in Pune under the SMART Project, supported by NCDEX and its research wing, to enable farmer and FPO participation in commodity futures and options markets for cotton, turmeric and maize. The desk will deliver real-time market intelligence, technical guidance on contracts, training on hedging and options, FPO facilitation for futures trading, and a risk management cell that will produce annual commodity price risk assessment reports and policy recommendations while promoting storage and postharvest support. en-us Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:01:03 +0530 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:01:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=47769 Maharashtra has created a centralized Agricultural Hedging Desk in Pune under the SMART Project, supported by NCDEX and its research wing, to enable farmer and FPO participation in commodity futures and options markets for cotton, turmeric and maize. The desk will deliver real-time market intelligence, technical guidance on contracts, training on hedging and options, FPO facilitation for futures trading, and a risk management cell that will produce annual commodity price risk assessment reports and policy recommendations while promoting storage and postharvest support. News - Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:01:03 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=47769