Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government and its agencies procured 49.63 lakh tonnes of wheat from farmers in 2018-19 and are almost about to surpass the all-time high of 50.63 lakh tonne, that it procured in 2012-13.The procurement operations will be closing on June 15. In 2017-18 nearly 50 lakh tonne of rabi season wheat was procured from over 10 lakh farmers by state and central agencies said the official. 5000 official centres were opened across the 75 districts of the state to procure the wheat from the farmers and ensure a Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 1,735 per quintal. We also gave a per quintal incentive of Rs 10 for wheat that was properly cleaned and dried before bringing it to the centre. The government set a target of procuring 50 lt out of the total 350 lakh tonne of wheat produced in the state.