October 22, 2020 9:23 PM

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UP CM asks all DMs to ensure payment of MSP to farmers

<span style="color: #222222;">Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister has asked all district magistrates to ensure the payment of minimum support price MSP to farmers during the ongoing procurement of paddy in the state.<br />''<br />''Chief Minister today transferred an amount of more than 113 crore to the accounts of those farmers whose crop had been damaged due to recent flood.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, Chief Minister today transferred the compensation amount in account of 348 511 farmers of 19 districts of  state.<br />''<br />''First time in state the damage due to flood was calculated online with the help of NIC and a web-based survey was conducted among the flood affected areas.<br />''<br />''On this occasion Chief Minister said that his government is committed for the Welfare of farmers under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<br />''<br />''He said that all district magistrate have been asked to ensure payment of minimum support price to the farmers and stop anomalies during paddy procurement drive.<br />''<br />''He today ordered to suspend Regional Food Controller of Bareilly for irregularities in paddy purchase in Bareilly region.<br />''<br />''Commissioner Bareilly will conduct the enquiry against the officer.<br />''<br />''He had recently taken strong action against the officers who were involved in the anomalies during paddy purchase and even filed FIR against them.</span><br />

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