With the Government having announced minimum support price of Rs1,450 for per quintal of wheat for the year 2015-16, the Udham Singh Nagar has set a target of procuring 1.35 lakh metric tonnes (mt) of wheat from the district this season. The district administration Udham Singh Nagar has asked the officials associated with the wheat procurement process to ensure timely payment to the farmers.In order to facilitate wheat procurement process, 134 wheat procurement centres have been set up by the wheat procurement agencies across Udham Singh Nagar this year, the district officials informed.
Out of these, the State food supply department and the cooperative department have set up nine and 98 such centres respectively while some other departments set up 27 centres in different areas of this Terai district of Uttarakhand. The wheat procurement exercise will continue in different parts of Udham Singh Nagar district till the end of this summer season.
The district administration Udham Singh Nagar has asked the officials of the wheat procurement centres to equip such centres with necessary facilities so that farmers may not have to face any problem in disposing of their produce. The district administration Udham Singh Nagar has also asked the officials associated with the wheat procurement process to complete all the preparations soon so that the process could be carried out smoothly and the farmers could get due price of their produce.
The carelessness on part of the officials concerned in carrying the wheat procurement process will not be tolerated, asserted the district administration Udham Singh Nagar. It has also directed the SDMs and tehsildars of the district to regularly monitor the functioning of the wheat procurement centres while asking them to take necessary measures in case of any irregularity.