Wheat on Minimum Support Price (MSP) is being procured in the State. A total of 48.71 lakh metric tonne has been purchased from 6.26 lakh farmers through 2897 procurement centers till now. MSP at the rate of Rs 1735 per quintal and a “bonus” of Rs 265 per quintal will be paid to the farmers.
In this way, payment at the rate of Rs 2,000 per quintal will be paid to the farmers for selling their wheat on Minimum support price. Total 3016 procurement centers have been made for wheat procurement.
Wheat procurement will continue till May 25. Wheat will be procured in Indore and Ujjain division till May 15, whereas procurement will take place in Bhopal and Narmadapuram divisions till May 20. Similarly, wheat will be procured in other divisions till May 25.
Maximum wheat procured in Bhopal division
According to the information received from the procurement centers, maximum wheat has been procured through 559 procurement centers in the districts of Bhopal division. Total 12.74 lakh metric tonne wheat has been procured from 1.54 lakh farmers in Bhopal division till now.
Similarly, 10.26 lakh metric tonne wheat has been procured from 90,316 farmers through 290 procurement centers. A total of 72,381 farmers have sold 4.74 lakh metric tonne wheat on support price at 334 centers of the districts of Indore division till now. Besides, 6.91 lakh metric tonne wheat sold by 1.10 lakh farmers through 287 procurement centers in Ujjain division, 2.97 lakh metric tonne wheat has been sold by 33,669 farmers through 251 centers in Gwalior division.
Wheat procurement is being carried out at 114 centers of Chambal division. A total of 1.57 lakh metric tonne wheat has been sold by 17,676 farmers at these centers till now.
In the same manner, 3.73 lakh metric tonne wheat from 73,201 farmers through 375 procurement centers has been procured in Sagar division.
Fifty four thousand 33 farmers have sold 4.52 lakh metric tonne wheat in the district of Jabalpur division. Similarly, 1.21 lakh metric tonne wheat on support price by 19,701 farmers through 211 centers in Rewa division and 2468 metric tonne wheat by 696 farmers through 44 centers has been sold in Shahdol division till now.