14,066.30 MT millet purchased from 2,612 farmers of UP

In the Year of Millets, while the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is organising Shri Anna Mahotsav from October 27 to 29, it is also laying great emphasis on purchase of millet from the farmers.

So far, 14,066.30 metric tons of millet has been purchased from 2,612 farmers through a transparent process of the state government.

Notably, this purchase was made from 369 purchasing centres in 40 districts. A payment of Rs 2,786.55 lakh has been made to the farmers for their produce.

Furthermore, the Yogi government has already fixed a support price of Rs 2,500 per quintal for millet, providing a significant boost to the farmers.

A total of 6,691.30 metric tons of millet has been purchased in Aligarh division, the highest among all divisions in the state, until Wednesday. As per the data available, within Aligarh division, 2,180.20 metric tons of millet was purchased in Hathras, followed by 1,751.45 metric tons in Aligarh, 1,429.20 metric tons in Kasganj, and 1,330.45 metric tons in Etah.

Similarly, in the Agra division, 3,019.20 metric tons of millet was purchased in Firozabad, followed by 1,865.65 metric tons in Agra, 1,062.05 metric tons in Mainpuri and 418.05 metric tons in Mathura.

Till Wednesday, purchases have been made from 2,612 farmers in 40 districts. It includes 493 farmers in Firozabad, 448 farmers in Hathras, 447 in Agra, 351 in Aligarh, 235 in Etah, 190 in Kasganj, 180 in Mainpuri, 86 in Mathura, 46 in Budaun, 39 in Auraiya, 38 in Etawah, 31 in Bulandshahr, 21 in Kanpur Dehat, four in Farrukhabad, and three farmers in Sambhal. Purchases from other locations are also proceeding rapidly.

For the purchase of millet, a total of 369 purchasing centres have been established in 40 districts across the state. These include nine centres in Bulandshahr, two in Gautam Buddha Nagar, five in Moradabad, six in Rampur, eight in Sambhal, two in Amroha, nine in Bareilly, 18 in Budaun, seven in Shahjahanpur, six in Sitapur, eight in Hardoi, five in Unnao, 19 in Agra, 15 in Mathura, 12 in Mainpuri, 18 in Firozabad, 19 in Aligarh, 12 in Etah, 15 in Kasganj, 14 in Hathras, five in Kanpur Nagar, 11 in Kanpur Dehat, 15 in Etawah, six each in Farrukhabad and Kannauj, 14 in Auraiya, seven each in Ballia and Varanasi, three in Chandauli, eight in Jaunpur, 11 in Ghazipur, 10 in Mirzapur, eight in Sant Ravidas Nagar, six in Prayagraj, nine in Kaushambi, five in Fatehpur, and eight each in Pratapgarh, Banda and Jalaun, as well as five in Chitrakoot.