Declaring the new wheat purchase policy Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has set the target to purchase 30 lakh MT of wheat this year and asked officials to implement wheat purchase policy in letter and spirit.
While reviewing the Rabi crop marketing policy here on Friday Chief Minister said that government has set a target to purchase 30 lakh MT wheat at the rate of Rs 1450 per quintal. This target would be achieved with the help of six agencies spread over in 5000 centers, he said.
Issuing directive to the officials Chief Minister said wheat purchase should be carried out in a transparent manner. The wheat centers should remain operation between April 2 and June 15. All the centers should have enough cash and gunny bags so that farmers should not face any problem, he said.
Chief Minister also released a toll free number 1800-1800-150 where farmers could get all information about wheat purchase. “This toll free number should work 24x7 where complaints of the farmers could be registered,” he said.
“The state government has decided to celebrate 2015-16 as Kisan Varsh therefore officials should listen to the problems of the farmers and try to solve them effectively,” he said.
He also asked officials to extend all help to farmers who lost their crops in recent rains and hail storm. Meanwhile, Chief Minister has suspended four officials of the agriculture department for dereliction of duty. In a statement issued here government spokesman said that check dams constructed by land Maintenance unit in lalitpur were found fecetive. “As government is celebrating kisan varsh it will not tolerate any discrepancy in implementation of any scheme,” he said.