Farmers sitting in protest against new farm laws at Delhi Ghazipur-border on Thursday.
NEW DELHI: A day before wheat procurement would commence in Punjab, the payment for which would be made directly to the farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme, the opposition Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has accused the ruling Amarinder Singh government of surrendering to the Modi government at the Centre.
SAD also alleged that Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh had kept the farmers and arhatiyas in the dark on the scheme and said he was playing a fixed match with the Modi dispensation.
Punjab procures wheat and rice at minimum support price (MSP) on behalf of the Centre under the National Food Security Act. So far, MSP to farmers in Punjab has been paid through arhatiyas . However, starting April 10, when wheat procurement will begin in the state, the payment will be made directly to farmers bank accounts under the DBT scheme.