New Delhi: The Indian Wheat Bowl Punjab who lost its top position to Madhya Pradesh in the case of the procurement of the middle pool in 2020-21 has regained the number one point with 132 lakh metric tons (LMT) procurement with minimum support price (MSP) during the marketing season Rabbi 2021-22 (RMS) that coincides with the peak of farmer agitation.
The numbers, which were distributed by the Ministry of Agriculture in Parliament on Tuesday, showed that the overall wheat procurement in this country had consistently increased where five wheat producing countries reported almost 98% of the total procurement in the country in 2021-22.
Madhya Pradesh with the procurement of 128 Figured LMT in second place was attended by Haryana (85 LMT), Uttar Pradesh (56 LMT) and Rajasthan (23 LMT).
Except for Madhya Pradesh, the four countries reported an increase in wheat procurement in 2021-22 compared to the previous year.
On the other hand, Punjab and Haryana occupy two top positions in terms of procurement of rice during the marketing season of Kharif which is ongoing on the 5.
Procurement in these countries in MSP conducted by central nodal institutions such as Nafed and Food Corporation of India (FCI ) After taking into account production, a marketable surplus, the comfort of farmers and the availability of logistics / infrastructure including storage and transportation.
Although the center announces the MSP floor price where Fidagrain is purchased by government institutions for the central pond – for 23 plants, procurement is mostly limited to rice, wheat and cotton with other food granules such as pulse and coarse cereal hardly gets attention.
As a result, farmers especially focus on three plants supported by this MSP, and sugar cane, purchased by sugar factories with fair and remunerative prices (FRP) set by the government, leaving the majority of farmers in most countries in Mercy from private traders who buy other plants With a much lower market price most times.
Data on the number of farmers who benefited from procurement in MSP for 2020-21 showed that the highest 1.31 crore of rice producers benefited after this year was attended by 43 lakh wheat producers and 19 lakh cotton manufacturers.
Compared to these three plants, only 4 lakh farmers who produce grams can sell their products at MSP.
The number of beneficiaries that produce coarse cereals such as Jowar, Bajra, corn and yeast are far less than the most popular including rice and wheat.
This anomaly is expected to be addressed by the government that will soon establish a committee as recently announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the time of farmer organizations, especially from Punjab and Haryana, has demanded legal guarantees to procure all 23 plants in MSP.
Modi, while overcoming its government’s decisions to revoke agricultural laws on November 19, said, “The committee will be formed to decide things such as zero budgeting cultivation promotion, namely natural agriculture, scientifically changing plant patterns remember to change the country’s requirements and make MSP is more effective and transparent.
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