The Central Government has decided to relax the quality norms for procurement of wheat in Haryana during the Rabi Marketing Season 2015-16 with immediate effect. An official of Food and Supplies Department, Haryana, said that untimely rains and hailstorms in March have widely damaged wheat crop in Haryana also. Based on the request of the State Government, FCI has collected samples of wheat from the Mandis in association with the State Government and after examining the test results of these samples, to reduce the hardship of farmers and to avoid distress sale of wheat, the Central Government has decided to relax the quality norms for procurement of wheat in the State.
He said as per the relaxations, the limit of shrivelled and broken grains is relaxed upto nine per cent against the existing limit of six per cent under uniform specifications with half value cut imposed in such a manner that for every relaxation of two per cent or part thereof, one full value cut at a rate of Rs14.50 per quintal will be applied. Similarly, lustre lost wheat containing up to ten per cent affected kernels may be purchased without value cut and lustre lost wheat containing more than ten per cent and up to 50 per cent affected kernels may be purchased with 1/4th of one full value cut on flat basis at a rate of Rs3.63 per quintal.