Congress forgets centre’s contributions in wheat procurement in Punjab

The wheat procurement in Punjab although delayed because of the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, is about to happen until May 30. The procurement businesses and FCI have determined to buy the crop at Rs 1,975 per quintal within the present rabi season, cost for which is being instantly transferred to the financial institution accounts of the farmers.
Claiming full credit score for the success of the continued procurement course of, the Congress congratulated its Punjab Chief Minister for a similar by way of a video from the official celebration deal with.
Here’s what the video says
The video that claims to have introduced again the grins on farmers’ faces, cites fast procurement as the rationale. As per the video, the Punjab authorities has procured 46.60LMT of wheat in simply seven days on the set MSP. The video additionally shares that to ease the procurement course of amidst the second wave, the federal government has added over 2000 new procurement centres within the state that are operational from 10 am to six pm. The video ends with speaking concerning the security measures and precautions being taken by the state authorities for the farmers who arrive on the procurement centres and the workers.
पंजाब कांग्रेस सरकार ने किसानों की खुशहाली के लिए कदम उठाये हैं।MSP पर खरीद कर सुनिश्चित, किसानों के चेहरों पर मुस्कान लौटाई है।पंजाब बदल रहा है, पंजाब आगे बढ़ रहा है। pic.twitter.com/u4JjVjOeJe— Congress (@INCIndia) April 20, 2021
However, it’s crucial to notice that Captain Amarinder Singh’s authorities missed thanking the Centre for Direct Bank Transfers (DBT) which is the precise cause for farmers’ happiness.
Punjab farmers proud of Direct Benefit Transfers
This is the primary time that the farmers from Punjab are receiving direct on-line funds for his or her produce on the decided MSP and no less than 1,64,455 farmers from Punjab have been in a position to profit from the DBT scheme.
This was doable after the central authorities refused to increase the deadline to implement the DBT course of simply forward of the procurement after the state sought one more exemption. The Centre had been pursuing the Punjab authorities since 2016-16 to get the state to implement direct on-line cost into farmers’ accounts. However, the state had been routinely approaching the Centre for granting exemption and extension of time. 
Punjab authorities had confronted resistance from the arthiyas for the implementation of DBT earlier than the onset of the procurement season. Not desirous to antagonize the arhtiyas near the state elections, the state authorities gave in to their calls for and urged the Centre was one other extension. 
On being declined, the Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal mentioned the federal government had no choice, however to switch the minimal help value (MSP) quantity for the procurement on to the financial institution accounts of farmers within the present rabi season.
Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey knowledgeable that until date Rs 13.71 crores have been transferred instantly and efficiently into the accounts of farmers in Punjab.
“We are now transferring in Punjab the MSP amount directly to farmers’ accounts which has been possible with the cooperation of the state government and ‘arthiyas’, who are a very important stakeholder. They will get their respective commission due under the APMC Act and rules into their accounts,” added Pandey assuring the arthiyas of the state.
Dalip Kumar of Nilpur village close to Rajpura, mentioned his happiness knew no bounds when he acquired two textual content messages from his financial institution asserting the credit score of Rs 1.90 lakh and Rs 1.48 lakh into his account because the minimal help value (MSP) of 171 quintals of wheat that he offered in Rajpura mandi.
Dalip in an interview to the Indian Express claimed, “This is the best system. What could be better than getting payment for our crop in our account?” The information was shared by Union Minister Piyush Goyal as properly.
One Nation, One MSP, One DBT: Dalip Kumar of Rajpura, Punjab is the happiest he’s ever been in his 15 years spent as a farmer after getting DBT as MSP for his cropModi govt. is working laborious to make sure happiness of crores of farmers throughout Punjab & India.https://t.co/lcMhp4hYfP— Piyush Goyal (@PiyushGoyal) April 17, 2021
Procurement by the Punjab authorities and Centre
The duty for the procurement of foodgrains which might be eligible for MSP lies with 4 state businesses and the Centre’s FCI in Punjab. The Punjab authorities additionally purchases wheat and rice at MSP on behalf of the central authorities below the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
The Centre within the RMS 2021-22 season is hoping to acquire 427 LMT of wheat this season, the very best ever within the nation. This contains buying 130 LMT from Punjab. As per the information launched by FCI, the Central authorities businesses have procured 18.24 LMT of wheat from Punjab.