According to FCI's latest data, Madhya Pradesh became the largest contributor to the central pool with 12.93 million tonnes of wheat, surpassing Punjab which procured 12.71 million tonnes.
Haryana (7.4 million tonnes), Uttar Pradesh (3.55 million tonnes) and
Rajasthan (2.21 million tonnes) also made significant contributions to
national procurement of wheat.
FCI has a total stock of 81.25 million tonnes as on July 8, of which wheat comprises 54.52 million tonnes and rice is at 26.72 million tonnes.
In UP and Bihar, paddy is hardly procured by the government and is sold much below the MSP to traders.
According to officials, several rice millers and a large number of rice exporters, with the connivance of some procurement agencies officials, are involved in the Punjab racket.
How Wheat Scam is Undertaken in Punjab?
national procurement of wheat.
FCI has a total stock of 81.25 million tonnes as on July 8, of which wheat comprises 54.52 million tonnes and rice is at 26.72 million tonnes.
In UP and Bihar, paddy is hardly procured by the government and is sold much below the MSP to traders.
According to officials, several rice millers and a large number of rice exporters, with the connivance of some procurement agencies officials, are involved in the Punjab racket.
How Wheat Scam is Undertaken in Punjab?
They get paddy in UP and Bihar at the rate of Rs 900 to Rs 1,200 per quintal, depending upon quality. Adding milling and transportation charges, it costs them around Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,500 per quintal. In Punjab, they sell at a far higher rate of the MSP, Rs 1,888 per quintal, illegally in the name of state's farmers.
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