Amid COVID-19 restrictions, Haryana Government has procured a total of 8493145 (84.93 lakh) metric tonnes of wheat from April 1 to May 15 across 396 procurement centers in the state during Rabi season 2021-22.
It has been procured at Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 1975 per quintal declared by the Central Government, said an official spokesperson.
In 2019-20, 74 LMT wheat was procured in the state.
The spokesman said that the Food and Civil Supplies Department has procured 2567599 MT, HAFED has procured 3622157 MT, Food Corporation of India has procured 694294 MT and Haryana Warehousing Corporation has procured 1609095 MT of wheat during 2021-22.
He informed that a total of 7798851 MT of wheat was procured through 915603 J Forms by the state procurement agencies and the total MSP of the procured crop was about Rs 15402.73 crore out of which a payment of Rs 15385.09 crore has been made directly into the accounts of the farmers through 914415 J Forms.
Apart from this, Rs 319.11 crore has been paid to the labourers and Ahartiyias. Due to unidentified bank accounts and other reasons, an amount of Rs 17.64 crore is outstanding in 1188 J Forms, he added.
The spokesperson said that the farmers, whose payment is pending, are requested to submit the photocopy of the pass book of their bank account so that their payment can be released at the earliest.
He further said that the Central Government has fixed Rs 4650 per quintal for mustard, Rs 5100 per quintal for gram and Rs 1600 per quintal for barley.
He informed that the procurement period for sunflower is from June 1 to June 30 and 9 mandis have been set up for procurement of sunflower. Till June 26, about 2948.05 tonnes of sunflower has been procured by HAFED and Haryana Warehousing Corporation from 1770 farmers at the minimum support price of Rs 5885 per quintal declared by the Central Government, the spokesman added.