The e-procurement process for wheat implemented in Madhya Pradesh from Rabi marketing year 2012-13 has won 4 national and state-level awards so far.
The main reason behind bestowal of awards has been procurement of record quantity of wheat and paddy during year 2012-13 and implementation of e-procurement process. Under e-procurement process, all works right from farmers' registration, procurement of wheat and timely payment have been accomplished in a better way.
The awards bestowed on MP for purchase of wheat under this process, includes Best IT Award of the State Information Technology Department, national award of Computer Society of India, NESCOM's IT Innovation Award and Innovative Warehousing Corporation of the Year Award 2013 of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries.
Madhya Pradesh government has also conferred Bhamashah Puraskar to the State Civil Supplies Corporation.
Under e-procurement process, farmers are intimated about the date of purchase of wheat from them through SMS. Every farmer is assigned with a code at the time of registration. 14.33 lakh farmers have got themselves registered under this computerised system, during the current Rabi season. Their databases are also prepared at the time of registration.
Registration of about 6.16 lakh farmers has been amended. Similarly, registration of 4,761 farmers has been cancelled. last year, officers from Rajasthan and other states visited Madhya Pradesh and witnessed e-procurement from close quarters and lauded it.