Procure most wheat from farmers: Priyanka Gandhi to Adityanath

Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to flag the issues being confronted by wheat farmers in promoting their produce and demanded that the federal government ought to assure wheat procurement.
In her letter to Adityanath, the Congress common secretary stated there ought to be a assure on procurement of wheat from farmers at procurement centres until July 15.
Gandhi stated she is continually getting info from all of the districts of the state that farmers are dealing with plenty of issues in promoting their wheat produce.
“Wheat procurement started from April 1, but due to the Corona pandemic, the purchase centres remained locked.As soon as the farmers’ wheat started reaching the procurement centres, the procurement was reduced to half,” she stated.

She stated that in states like Punjab and Haryana, the federal government procurement of wheat accounts for 80-85 per cent of the overall manufacturing, whereas in Uttar Pradesh, solely 14 per cent of the 378 lakh metric tonnes of wheat produced has been procured by authorities centres.
Many farmers haven’t been in a position to promote their wheat and now as a result of varied authorities decrees, the officers are reluctant in buying wheat from farmers at procurement centres, Gandhi stated.
She stated that the chief minister had stated that each one farmers will probably be prolonged the power of wheat procurement, however in lots of villages the buying centres have been closed and farmers are being pressured to go to distant ‘mandis’.

She additionally identified that it’s raining incessantly in lots of elements of the state and there’s a hazard of wheat rotting as a result of moisture.
In such a scenario the farmers will probably be pressured to promote their hard-earned produce at throwaway costs, Gandhi stated.
She stated that because of the coronavirus pandemic and inflation, the situation of the farmers is already dangerous and if their crop isn’t procured or they’re pressured to promote wheat at throwaway costs, it’ll “break their backs”.

In her letter, she demanded that there ought to be a assure on procurement of wheat from farmers at buy centres until July 15 and preparations be made at every procurement centre in order that farmers do not need to wander to promote their meals grains.
There are media reviews from many districts {that a} most of 30 or 50 quintals of wheat is being bought from a farmer at a time which is a reason for fear for them, Gandhi stated and demanded that most buy ought to be comprised of farmers.