Farmers will not face any hardship in selling wheat, says UP govt

Uttar Presh government on Monday said it has me preparations for purchase of wheat and taking steps to ensure that farmers do t face any hardship amid nationwide lockdown.

state government looks to buy 55 lakh metric tonnes of wheat at a rate of Rs 1,925 per quintal (100 kg) at 5,500 purchase centres, a release issued by state government stated. release also mentioned that an online token system has been introduced to ensure that re is crowding at market yards, Principal Secretary Agriculture, Agriculture Marketing and Agriculture Foreign Business, Devesh Chaturvedi said.

"Harvesting of wheat is taking place in state. government has me all preparations for wheat harvesting. Farmers do t need to worry as far as purchase of wheat is concerned," UP Agriculture minister Surya Pratap Shahi said. "Online tokens have been introduced to ensure that re is crowding in mandis in state. Farmers willing to sell wheat have to contact purchase centre in-charge and give ir farmer registration number. centre in-charge will n generate an online token in a week's time, and same will be sent to farmer through SMS," Chaturvedi said.

Chaturvedi also said that if farmers who are t registered arrive at purchase centre along with Ahaar card, y can be registered by centre in-charge on producing photo I-card, bank passbook and khatauni (land) papers.

Instructions have been issued to all centre in-charges to ensure that social distancing is strictly hered to at purchase centres along with use of masks. Along with this, arrangement of sanitisers, soaps and water should also be me at purchase centres. Farmers too have been directed to cover ir faces by masks or gamchaa while y come to purchase centres, Chaturvedi said in statement. 

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