Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday announced that the State Government has included the produce of Bajra from this Kharif season in the 'Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana' in the interest of the farmers of the State.
Haryana is the first State in the country to implement this scheme. 'Bhavantar Bharpayee Yojana' has been implemented for horticulture crops in Haryana. 21 horticultural crops had been included in this scheme, the Chief Minister said.
Announcing the decision in a video message, Khattar said considering the difference in price of the average market price and MSP of Bajra as Bhavantar price, post the verification of the crops of registered farmers on the 'Meri Fasal-Mera Byora' portal, if the given details are found correct then farmers will be given Rs. 600 per quintal on the average
yield.
He said that the minimum support price for Bajra has been fixed at Rs 2,250 per quintal by the Central Government, whereas the neighbouring States of Rajasthan and Punjab have not made any plan for the procurement of Bajra this time also and it seems that they will not purchase Bajra this time as well. In such a situation, there is a possibility of Bajra (Millet) coming from these States to be sold in Haryana. Therefore, it has been decided to compensate only those farmers of Haryana who have registered on 'Meri Fasal-Mera Byora' portal for buying millet. To maintain the yield price, the Government agency will buy 25 percent of the produce, he said.
In Kharif-season 2021, 2.71 lakh farmers have registered on Meri Fasal-Mera Byora portal for millet. Out of this, about 8.65 lakh acres of land has been verified.
Khattar said that as soon as the procurement starts, Rs 600 per quintal will be paid according to the average yield through DBT in the accounts of the farmers. This payment will be made only to the verified farmers registered on the 'Meri Fasal-Mera Byora' portal. In this season, the Government will procure seven crops at the minimum support price namely paddy, maize, moong, urad, toor, sesame and groundnut, he added.
In Kharif crops, in addition to millet, the purchase of moong, maize and paddy will start from October 1 and the purchase of groundnut will start from November 1. Apart from this, the State Government will also procure toor, urad and sesame for the first time which will start from December 1.