Dehradun, March 6: Farmers in Uttarakhand will get a bonus of Rs 20 on per quintal of wheat sold. Directives to this effect were issued by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday.
The Centre had fixed the MSP of wheat at Rs 1,840 per quintal. The Chief Minister had directed that farmers should get a bonus of Rs 20 per quintal of wheat sold by them as an addition, an official release here said.
All payments to farmers would be through an online system, he said and added all dues would be cleared with immediate effect. The government targets to procure 2 million tonnes wheat this year.
CM Rawat asked the Agriculture Department officials to increase the number of godowns with over 1 million capacity.