New Delhi: Before the Budget, the Narendra Modi government has given bumper gifts to farmers. At the Modi Cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, the MSP of paddy has been increased by Rs 85 per quintal. Now, the MSP of paddy has been increased to Rs. In addition, it was decided to increase the MSP of 13 more portions of cereal including maize, millet, groundnut, tur. The Modi government has also passed the Wage Code Bill.
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The Central government has set a target of procurement of 357 lakh tonnes of wheat across the country this year, while government procurement agencies procured 357.95 lakh tonnes of wheat across the country in the last season 2018-19. According to FCI data, Punjab has procured the highest procurement of 127.01 lakh tonnes of wheat, which is more than the target set by the central government for procurement of wheat in the state.
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Government agencies have so far purchased 93.23 lakh tonnes of wheat in Haryana. In Madhya Pradesh, wheat procurement has reached 65.45 lakh tonnes while the country's largest wheat producer, UP, has procured only 26.56 lakh tonnes of wheat.
According to FCI data, 10.89 lakh tonnes in Rajasthan, 39,000 tonnes in Uttarakhand, 12,000 tonnes in Chandigarh, 5,000 tonnes in Gujarat and 1,000 tonnes in Himachal Pradesh have been purchased in the government, while the figure for government procurement of wheat in Bihar is not currently available on the FCI website.
