The Yogi Adityanath led BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has made a record payment to paddy and wheat farmers of the state. The UP government, which already has set a new record for the highest ever payment to sugarcane farmers, including the dues of the previous government, has now set a new record for payment of paddy and wheat farmers. The government has paid Rs 60,922.23 crore to the wheat and paddy procured from the farmers of the state till December 14. 

The state government, according to an official spokesman, has paid Rs 31,904.78 crore to paddy farmers in the last four years, setting a record of the highest payment to paddy farmers in the state. For wheat farmers, in its four-year tenure so far, the state government has paid Rs 29,017.45 crore for the crop to more than 33 lakh farmers. 
Till December 14 the state government, had purchased a total of 179.48 lakh metric tonnes through 14,902 paddy purchasing centres across the state. The state government has paid a total of Rs 31,904.78 crore to over 25 lakhs paddy farmers, which is a record so far in the state. 

The government data till December 14 states the government, during its four-year tenure, collected a total of 162.71 lakh metric tonnes of wheat from 33,45,065 farmers. The tradition of middlemen with farmers at the purchasing centres was ended by the Yogi government, the government started the process of direct procurement from farmers. e-procurement portal was created, farmers were given the facility of direct registration so that middlemen can be excluded. This portal was linked to the revenue portal so that online verification can be done.  

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