During current Rabi marketing season 2013-14, the State Government will pay Rs1,500 per quintal against procurement of wheat from farmers including Rs1,350 support price and Rs150 bonus per quintal. This year, duration of wheat procurement has been fixed division-wise in two phases in view of ripening of farmers’ wheat crops. In the first phase, wheat will be procured from March 18 to May 18 in Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain and Narmadapuram divisions. The second phase of wheat procurement will be from March 25 to May 25 in remaining divisions including Gwalior, Chambal, Rewa, Shahdol, Sagar and Jabalpur.
During the current fiscal, support price of wheat has been fixed at Rs1,350 per quintal. The State Government has announced Rs150 per quintal as bonus on procurement. The bonus amount is Rs50 more than that of last year. In this way, total Rs1,500 per quintal payment will be made to farmers against procurement of wheat from them. With a view that farmers do not have to travel far to sell their wheat, the State Government has increased the number of procurement centres this year from 2,313 to 2,843. The number of procurement centres has been increased by 530. The State Government has made available funds laptops, printers etc. to all the procurement centres. Arrangements of computer operators and runners have also been made at procurement centres.
Under e-Procurement Process this year, wheat area and other details of farmers have been registered from December 15 to January 31. A total of 14 lakh 26 thousand farmers have got themselves registered. Similarly, area of 38 lakh 48 thousand hectares has been registered in Madhya Pradesh.
last year, procurement was made from 10 lakh 26 thousand farmers. Cent percent verification of this registration has been made by revenue officers. After verification, 32 lakh 45 thousand hectares remained. During verification, 27 thousand 50 farmers were found to be ineligible for wheat procurement and their registrations were cancelled. Whereas partial amendment was made in the area of remaining 6 lakh 29 thousand farmers after verification.