Wheat procurement in Delhi stands at 15.8 tonnes so far at MSP directly from farmers: FCI

09 Apr 2021 Evaluate

The Centre’s Food Corporation of India (FCI) has termed ‘baseless’ the Delhi government’s claim that wheat procurement centres are not operational in the national capital, and said buying centres are fully functional and so far purchased 15.8 tonnes of wheat at MSP directly from farmers.

Normally, wheat procurement is undertaken from three centres in Delhi: Mayapuri, Narela and APMC Najafgarh Mandi. Last year, 27.6 tonnes of wheat was procured from farmers here. Wheat is a major rabi (winter-sown) crop. Harvesting starts from end of March but picks up pace from April. Wheat is procured at minimum support price (MSP).

FCI Delhi Region General Manager Sudhir Kumar said ‘It is a baseless allegation by the Delhi government that procurement centres are not operational. The state government had requested for opening of wheat procurement centres. We accepted their request and made operational all three centres from April 1’. He said already, 15.8 tonnes of wheat has been procured so far and payment has been made to farmers, and added that the procurement plan was decided in consultation with the state government.

He also said initially, wheat procurement target was kept at 1,000 tonnes for the 2021-22 marketing year (April-March) but later it was raised to 50,000 tonnes on central government’s direction. He added that all arrangements including availability of gunny bags for wheat procurement are in place.

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