More than 55.31 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been procured in Haryana so far. A spokesman of the State Food and Supplies Department on Thursday said that out of total, 55.29 lakh MT wheat has been purchased at minimum support price by the procurement agencies. The Food and Supplies Department and other procurement agencies have paid Rs6,077.33 crore for purchased wheat till April 26.
So far, about 16.79 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been procured by Food and Supplies Department, over 23.67 lakh metric tonnes by HAFED, 5.84 lakh metric tonnes by Agro, 5800 metric tonnes by CONFED and over 8.93 lakh metric tonnes by Ware House Corporation. Apart from this, 1867 metric tonnes of wheat has been procured by traders.
The spokesman said that more than 54.22 lakh metric tonnes of wheat was procured during the corresponding period last year. And, the wheat procured during current Rabi season is 1.07 lakh metric tonnes more than that procured during corresponding period last year.
The State Government has set a target of wheat procurement of 65 lakh MT during this season. Notably, the State had received excess rainfall in March and April which resulted in huge losses to farmers. Following which, the State Government had scaled down its wheat procurement target for central pool by 13 percent to 65 lakh tonnes from 75 lakh MT for the Rabi marketing season.
According to the crop damage assessment report, the damage was caused on 13.25 lakh acres of land in 21 districts of the State.