Wheat procurement: UP govt files 50 FIRs in a move to clamp down middlemen

In a bid to clamp down upon middlemen operating the wheat procurement space, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has filed 50 First Information Reports (FIR) against such elements.

“We have filed FIRs against 100 middlemen across the state,” UP food and civil supplies additional commissioner A K Singh told Business Standard. “Since the wheat procurement is progressing at a brisk pace, we are now concentrating on qualitative procurement rather than quantitative procurement,” he added.

Besides, the government has ordered the shutdown of about 100 procurement centres run by two multi-state cooperative societies namely, NACOF and ADCO for allegedly flouting procurement norms