Stating that all the Arhtiyas would receive the payments within two days while farmers would get the payments within five-days of the procurement, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Wednesday said that the State Government was committed for lifting every single grain of the farmers in the mandis and ensured smooth and hassle-free procurement to all the farmers and Arhtiyas of the state.
Speaking to media at his residence in Chandigarh, he said that the procurement is being made a political issue unnecessarily and revealed that since April 15, the state government had procured 1.56 lakh MT mustard following the issuance of 58000 pass to the vehicles in the markets.
He said that in next three weeks, 80 percent mustard crop would be procured from the State. The state government had also procured 94000 MT wheat crop on the first day of procurement on April 20 and in last two days, it has crossed the benchmark of 2.80 lakh MT.
Dushyant said that the state government has already accepted most of the demands of the Arhtiyas. He said that there is not any limit fixed by the Government for bringing the wheat in the markets and the farmers can bring as much as quantity of his produce on the day of his turn
Deputy CM said that the state government has neither cancelled any licence of the Arhtiyas nor made any kind of pressure. He said that Punjab and Haryana are only states where the wheat procurement is being carried out on a massive level.
The Deputy CM said any sort of laxity in the procurement exercise would not be tolerated, adding that the grains of the farmers would be procured and lifted smoothly without making any sort of inconvenience to food growers. The social distancing is also being maintained in the grain markets during the procurement of grains, he added.