Haryana Food and Supplies Minister Ram Bilas Sharma on Thursday said that 96 per cent payment of purchased wheat amounting to Rs8,586 crore has been released among farmers by the department and State procurement agencies in the State.
The Minister, while addressing a Press conference here said that as many as 63,26,064 metric tonnes of wheat has been purchased by government procurement agencies upto May 6 at minimum support price of Rs1450 per quintal despite the luster loss or value cut.
He said that State Government had announced a compensation of Rs1,092 crore for crop loss which is being disbursed smoothly in the entire State. The wheat procurement target of 65 lakh metric tonnes fixed by the State Government is likely to be achieved during this week. Haryana Food and Supplies Minister said that wheat procurement is 2,14,594 metric tonnes higher as compared to the procurement made up to same day last year.
He said that out of the total arrival of 63,26,064 MT this year, 63,25,844 MT of crop has been procured by Government procuring agencies on Minimum Support Price and remaining 220 metric tonnes was mopped up by the traders.
Giving details of the procurement, he said that over 18.72 lakh MT wheat had been procured by the Food and Supplies Department, over 27.50 lakh MT by Hafed, over 6.57 lakh MT by Haryana Agro among others.
Sirsa district is leading in wheat arrival where over 9.34 lakh MT wheat had arrived in the mandis (grain markets), followed by district Karnal with over 6.59 lakh MT wheat. Similarly, Fatehabad had recorded an arrival of over 6.21 lakh MT, Jind ver 5.88 lakh MT, Kaithal recorded an arrival of over 5.85 lakh MT and Hisar over 4.63 lakh metric tonnes.