Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has given directives for rationalisation of gram, red lentil and mustard support price procurement centres. He said that procurement centres should be decided by identifying the requirement of procurement centres on the basis of number of farmers, who have been registered to sell agriculture produce on support price.
Chouhan was reviewing the procurement arrangement of Rabi-2018 crops at Mantralaya on Tuesday. Minister for Finance Jayant Mallayya, Minister for Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development Gourishankar Bisen and Chief Secretary BP Singh were also present in the meeting.
Procurement of Gram, red lentil and Mustard
The Chief Minister has said that farmers should be informed and enlightened to bring good quality crops of gram, red lentil and mustard to the procurement centres. Productivity of crops should be ascertained according to the local and practical realities so that crops produced by the farmers could be procured.
Intensive work monitoring should be carried out to avoid any malpractice in the arrangement. It was informed that 14.01 lakh farmers have registered for gram, red lentil and mustard. The procurement period for gram, red lentil and mustard is from April 10 to May 31, 2018. Procurement work will be undertaken in all the divisions during this period.
Chouhan also gathered information about the wheat procurement work. He mentioned that availability of bags should be ensured on the basis of advance estimate of required bags.
Procurement system should not be hindered at any cost. It was informed that 2,978 centres have been established in the state for wheat procurement.
A total of 15.35 lakh farmers have been registered and 3.09 lakh farmers have been informed through SMS regarding procurement till now. Total 6.52 lakh metric ton wheat has been purchased from 1.36 lakh farmers. An amount of Rs 801.12 crore has been paid against the procurement.