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MP buys 15 lakh tonnes of wheat from 2 lakh farmers
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SME Times News Bureau | 19 Apr, 2019
The Madhya Pradesh government has procured 15 lakh metric tonnes of
wheat from 2 lakh farmers in the state on a minimum support price (MSP)
of Rs 1,840 per quintal since March 25. This is 1.60 lakh metric tonnes
more than the purchase made over the same period last year. At least 71
per cent of the purchased wheat has also been carefully stored.
The
Centre has fixed the MSP at Rs 1,840 per quintal, up from 1,735 per
quintal last year. The Kamal Nath-led Congress government in the state
is also offering an incentive of Rs 160 per quintal to the wheat farmers
over and above the MSP under its ‘Jai Kisan Samriddhi Yojana'.
The
state government says that input costs have increased and the MSP does
not suffice. Together, the farmers are being paid Rs 2,000 per quintal
of wheat and the payments are being made directly into their accounts.
According
to officials of the Department of Food & Public Distribution, some
600 procurement centres have been set up in the state this year.
Sufficient silo bags have also been procured to ensure that there are no
problems in the purchase in the next month too. Silo bags (large
polythene bags which can be filled and locked airtight) with a storage
capacity of 4 lakh metric tonnes are being used.
Open camps,
with 14 lakh metric tonnes capacity, have been set up in places lacking
in storage space. The state government has also ordered the removal of
last year's wheat from warehouses that still have it. Unseasonal
rain and hailstorms over the past few days have damaged the harvest
kept in several grain markets. Officials have been ordered to avoid such
open storage of grain.
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