So far, 22,37,892 metric tonnes of wheat has been procured on support price from farmers and Rs 1266.32 core has been paid to them. Farmers are being given Rs 100 bonus declared by the state government on the procurement of wheat at support price of Rs 1000 per quintal. Bulk of procurement is being made by state Civil Supplies Corporation. The quantity of procurement for this season is 47 fold more than the last year. During the entire Rabi season last year, only 47000 MT wheat was purchased. Hoshangabad district tops in wheat procurement. So far, 2,48,043 metric tonnes of wheat has been procured and Rs 259.03 crore paid to farmers there. Record procurement has also been made in other districts. 1,65,635 MT of wheat has been procured in Harda, 91,85 MT in Ujjain, 80,157 MT in Raisen, 58,571 MT in Sehore, 57,161 MT in Indore, 47,060 MT in Dewas, 38,637 MT in Dhar, 38,922 MT in Khargone, 32,373 MT in Shajapur, 31,561 MT in Jabalpur, 25,603 MT in Ratlam, 21,755 MT in Bhopal, 25,172 MT in Narsinghpur, 20,246 MT in Gwalior and 17,594 MT in Khandwa district. Procurement is going on in other districts as well on a large scale. Madhya Pradesh Civil Supplies Corporation is procuring wheat on support price since March 1 this year. The corporation has made arrangements of procurement of wheat at 925 procurement centres being through co-operative societies. Direct procurement from farmers is also being made at some selected Mandis. The Union government has declared Rs 1000 as support price for one quintal of wheat and Madhya Pradesh government has announced Rs 100 per quintal bonus. Thus farmers are being paid Rs 1100 per quintal. Apart from the corporation, Food Corporation of India and MARKFED are also procuring wheat. All round arrangements have been made by MP Civil Supplies Corporation for payments, gunny bags, transportation and storage. The procured wheat would be distributed through public distribution system.