So far, 61.74 lakh MT wheat has been procured in Madhya Pradesh. Of this, 60.32 lakh MT has been transported and safely stored, which is 97.7 per cent of total procured wheat. last year, 66.68 lakh MT wheat was procured till date.
Wheat has been procured at procurement centres in districts from 8.59 lakh registered farmers against which payment of Rs 9,263 crore has been made to them.
It is noteworthy that number of registered farmers in the state is 14.33 lakh. Farmers are being provided bonus worth Rs 150 per quintal over and above support price of Rs 1350 per quintal.
Procurement process continued till May 18 in Bhopal, Narmadapuram, Ujjain and Indore divisions and till May 25 in Sagar, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Chambal, Shahdol and Rewa divisions.