Madhya Pradesh Tops Wheat Procurement With Over 1.27 Crore Tonnes
A complete of three,86,54,000 metric tonnes of wheat was once procured within the nation this 12 months. (Record)
Bhopal:
Madhya Pradesh has emerged the highest state within the nation in wheat procurement on strengthen value by means of buying a couple of crore metric tonnes from farmers.
A complete of one,27,67,628 metric tonnes of wheat was once procured by means of Madhya Pradesh, which accounts for 33 in step with cent of all wheat procured within the nation. Punjab stands at the second one place in wheat procurement within the nation.
A complete of three,86,54,000 metric tonnes of wheat was once procured within the nation this 12 months.
Wheat procurement in Madhya Pradesh greater by means of 74 %, in comparison to final 12 months. Remaining 12 months, a complete of 73.69 lakh tonnes of wheat was once procured within the state on strengthen value.
The state executive had focused purchasing 100 lakh metric tonnes.
The procurement was once began overdue this 12 months, on April 15, because of the cases amid the coronavirus pandemic and the nation-wide lockdown.
Because of the demanding situations of recession and disrupted motion in addition to loss of time, the collection of procurement centres was once greater to four,529 this 12 months. There have been three,545 centres final 12 months.
To deal with social distancing norms, SMSes had been despatched to the farmers’ cell phones to control the numbers at procurement centres.
The quantity of wheat procurement was once immediately transferred to the accounts of farmers by means of the state executive in a median of seven days.
To this point, an quantity of Rs 20,253 crore has been deposited within the accounts of 14,19,000 farmers.
