The Madhya Pradesh government has started the official wheat procurement from today.

15-Mar-2025 01:24 PM

The Madhya Pradesh government has started the official wheat procurement from today.  
★ The government has set the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for wheat at Rs. 2600 per quintal, including a bonus of Rs. 175 per quintal.  
★ Around 4,000 procurement centers have been set up across the state.  
★ The state government has set a target to procure approximately 80 lakh tonnes of wheat this Rabi season.  
★ In 2018-19 and 2019-20, around 73 lakh tonnes of wheat were procured.  
★ Wheat procurement saw a significant increase in 2020-21 and 2021-22, reaching 128-129 lakh tonnes.  
★ In 2022-23, procurement declined to 46 lakh tonnes.