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The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Shivraj Singh Chouhan, said that every single grain of wheat would be purchased from the farmers in the State under the wheat procurement process.
The farmers should remain calm without getting misled by rumours, the Chief Minister said adding that the remaining farmers will be registered by May 3 and the wheat would be purchased from them.
Mr Chouhan said this while addressing commissioners and collectors through video-conferencing at Mantralaya here last evening.
He asked the officials to assure the farmers that their produce will be purchased at all costs.
Mr Chouhan said that wheat purchase at minimum support price was a massive task and added that the process was disrupted due to inadequate supply of gunny bags recently.
There should be no doubts among the farmers regarding availability of gunny bags, the Chief Minister said.
Mr Chouhan asked the commissioners and collectors to rationalise the distribution of bags. Gunny bags available with the purchase centres reporting procurement in lesser quantity should be dispatched to centres reporting excess purchase.
The Chief Minister said that the bonus on minimum support price is for the genuine farmers. Middlemen should not be allowed to take advantage of this at any cost.
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