Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A month-old letter written by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav for centralising the paddy procurement process instead of decentralising it raised a storm in the state on Monday when it came to light.

In the letter, written to the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Prahlad Joshi on September 24, to centralise the process for procurement of food grains at minimum support price (MSP), instead of decentralising it.

Yadav cited the fact that the borrowing from banks is Rs 72.177 crore in the present procurement scheme. The clearance of stock is taking time, he wrote.

Because the actual cost is not being reimbursed, the government is incurring financial losses, Yadav wrote.

Because there were many problems in paying the loans taken from the b

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