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- Madhya Pradesh's record wheat procurement at minimum support price (MSP) this season — about 104 lakh metric tonnes from over 13 lakh farmers — is under investigation after large-scale fraud by fake farmers was uncovered.
- Fraudsters allegedly registered in large numbers just before the March 10 registration deadline, often at night, using real farmers' land records and government staff collusion to sell wheat bought cheaply from neighbouring states at MP's higher MSP-plus-bonus rates, diverting government payments worth crores into fake bank accounts.
- Authorities have suspended several patwaris, removed committee managers and computer operators in Rajgarh, filed FIRs against four fake farmers in Bhind, and issued show-cause notices to tehsildars in Bhind and Rajgarh.
- Revenue Minister Karan Singh Verma and district officials have said no irregularity in the procurement process will be tolerated and guilty persons will not be spared.
What to watch next
- Outcome of ongoing investigations and whether more officials and middlemen are implicated
- Further FIRs and disciplinary action against suspended or removed government staff
- Recovery of the diverted government payments and steps to tighten the registration and verification process
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