Monday, April 12, 2021

11.10 lakh tonnes of wheat procured under MSP

  Chandigarh, April 12

The Haryana Government today procured a total of 11.10 lakh tonnes of wheat through various procurement agencies on the Minimum Support Price.

         Sharing more details in this regard, an official spokesperson said that so far a total of 29.47 lakh tonnes of wheat has arrived at 396 Mandi/ procurement centres of the state, out of which a total of 15.69 lakh tonnes of wheat has been procured.

         He informed that till date as many as 1, 90,641 J-forms of 1, 05,433 farmers have been issued. Till April 11, 2021, an amount of Rs 149.28 crore has been transferred directly to the accounts of farmers whose crops have been procured.

         The spokesperson said that officers concerned have been directed that the lifting of the procured wheat should be done on a daily basis so as to ensure that no stocking of the crop is done and farmers can sell their crops in a hassle-free manner.

         Besides this, the State Government has deputed senior officers for conducting the inspection of Mandis so that the procurement is done without any disturbance.

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