Lockdowns have been carried out across the country to prevent the coronavirus. Every work has come to a standstill due to the lock down. The farmer cannot sell his wheat, gram, fruits and vegetables in the mandi and the people of the city are not able to eat the fruits and vegetables. Difficulty is on both sides, but at present, the government does not have any concrete solution for this. Government procurement of wheat has not been started in Indore district due to Corona infection being a hot spot. Grain, fruit and vegetable market is also closed for a month. In villages around Indore, farmers have thousands of tons of onions lying in their fields and barns.
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All such problems were laid on Tuesday in front of the central party sent by the Government of India. The party has also discussed with officials of the Department of Agriculture and Horticulture on Residency Kothi. Local officials wrote Additional Secretary to the Government of India, Director Food Simarjit Kaur, etc. have placed the problems of the farmers in front of the officials. When asked about the preparations for the procurement of wheat at the minimum support price by the central party, the officials said that 82 centers have been built in the district, but at present the procurement has not been started here.
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Joint Director of Agriculture RS Sisodia, Deputy Director Agriculture VK Chaurasia, Joint Director Horticulture DK Jatav, Deputy Director TK Vaskel, Mandi Secretary Mansingh Munia and other officials were present in the meeting. The officials of the central party prepared the report of these problems and assured to hand it over to the government. He also suggested that the Indian government has created a farmer app. Farmers can also sell their produce online through this, but in the era of curfew and lockdown this method also does not seem to be effective.
