SMS was sent to 80,000 farmers today itself for wheat procurement on support price in the State. Every day from Monday, wheat procurement SMS will be sent to one lakh farmers.
The Principal Secretary Food & Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Sheo Shekhar Shukla has informed that the number of farmers is increasing daily at the procurement centers.
From April 20, SMS will be sent to 20 small and five large farmers per procurement center. This will speed up the procurement of wheat. Also, a large number of farmers will be benefited.
Shukla said that wheat procurement work is going on effectively in Madhya Pradesh. Wheat procurement work is being done at the procurement centers following the Corona Protocol.
He further said that in comparison to last year one thousand five hundred more procurement centers have been set up in the state to avoid crowd and farmers should not go far to sell their wheat.
There were just three thousand 500 procurement centers last year. He informed that 1500 warehouse level procurement centers have also been set up in the State, where all arrangements have been ensured.Arrangements for farmers' health check up, masks, sanitizers and handwash have also been ensured at the procurement centers. In addition, instructions have been given to all agencies to ensure shed and water arrangements for the farmers.
The Principal Secretary Shukla said that the number of sending SMS to the farmers is being increased daily during the procurement work which started from April 15.
SMS to 38,000 farmers were sent on April 17 and to 80,000 farmers on April 18. SMS will be sent to 80,000 farmers on Sunday 19 April also.
Shukla has informed that 4954 metric tone wheat was sold by 2766 farmers on the first day i.e. April 15 of Rabi procurement.
On the second day, April 16, 6738 farmers sold 12 thousand 824 metric tonne wheat at support price. On the third day, on April 17, 13,720 farmers sold 25,495 metric tonne wheat. On April 18, 60,000 metric tonne wheat was procured from 25,792 farmers.
Thus, in four days, 1 lakh 3 thousand 287 metric tonne wheat was procured at support price from 49,016 farmers.
District Magistrates have been made the Sector in-charge officers to monitor the wheat procurement work. A team of doctors has also been deployed with all these officers.
It has been told to conduct health check of the farmers at the procurement centers as per the need. Each district has been instructed to send daily procurement information to the state-level control room.