<p>The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has recorded an all time high wheat procurement of 433.44 lakh MT.</p>.<p>“During the Rabi Marketing Season 2021-22, the Corporation has recorded an all time high wheat procurement of 433.44 lakh MT, recording 11 per cent increase over last year’s procurement,” FCI Executive Director (West Zone) R P Singh said in Mumbai on Wednesday.</p>.<p>“Between April 2020 and November 2021 a record 598.87 lakh MT of foodgrains was allocated out of which 565.47 lakh MT grains were lifted,” Singh said. </p>.<p>The senior FCI official paid tributes to the FCI employees who tackled several challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic, including acute shortage of hands, in ensuring timely transportation of food grains. </p>.<p>Speaking about the Direct Benefit Transfer, Singh said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘One Nation, One MSP, One DBT’ vision has become a reality across the country from this year.”</p>.<p>According to him, Direct Online Transfer of MSP to farmers’ bank accounts has been implemented in all procuring states during the current Rabi Marketing Season of 2021-22. </p>.<p>“The empowered farmers are no more dependent upon middlemen and are receiving the payment of their produce directly into their Bank accounts without delay or deductions,” he added.</p>.<p>Speaking about the performance of West Zone, Singh informed that though wheat procurement has been traditionally dominated by Punjab, during 2020-21 season, Madhya Pradesh surpassed the northern state to become No 1 in wheat procurement.</p>.<p>Singh also informed that, beginning Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22, all procurement portals in 24 procuring States has been integrated with a Central Food grains Procurement Portal to share identified Minimum Threshold Parameters such as online registration of farmers, verification of land records, digitization of mandi operations, MSP transfer and CMR/Wheat delivery management.</p>
<p>The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has recorded an all time high wheat procurement of 433.44 lakh MT.</p>.<p>“During the Rabi Marketing Season 2021-22, the Corporation has recorded an all time high wheat procurement of 433.44 lakh MT, recording 11 per cent increase over last year’s procurement,” FCI Executive Director (West Zone) R P Singh said in Mumbai on Wednesday.</p>.<p>“Between April 2020 and November 2021 a record 598.87 lakh MT of foodgrains was allocated out of which 565.47 lakh MT grains were lifted,” Singh said. </p>.<p>The senior FCI official paid tributes to the FCI employees who tackled several challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic, including acute shortage of hands, in ensuring timely transportation of food grains. </p>.<p>Speaking about the Direct Benefit Transfer, Singh said: “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘One Nation, One MSP, One DBT’ vision has become a reality across the country from this year.”</p>.<p>According to him, Direct Online Transfer of MSP to farmers’ bank accounts has been implemented in all procuring states during the current Rabi Marketing Season of 2021-22. </p>.<p>“The empowered farmers are no more dependent upon middlemen and are receiving the payment of their produce directly into their Bank accounts without delay or deductions,” he added.</p>.<p>Speaking about the performance of West Zone, Singh informed that though wheat procurement has been traditionally dominated by Punjab, during 2020-21 season, Madhya Pradesh surpassed the northern state to become No 1 in wheat procurement.</p>.<p>Singh also informed that, beginning Kharif Marketing Season 2021-22, all procurement portals in 24 procuring States has been integrated with a Central Food grains Procurement Portal to share identified Minimum Threshold Parameters such as online registration of farmers, verification of land records, digitization of mandi operations, MSP transfer and CMR/Wheat delivery management.</p>
