Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Tuesday said that ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ is a mechanism for obtaining information from farmers to resolve all their problems with respect to their crops.
The information would help the state in enhancing agriculture production, price support for crops and simplifying marketing and procurement process, said the Chief Minister during his meeting with delegation of association of Arthiyas at his residence here.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal assured the Arthiyas that ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ scheme is not intended to adversely affect the trading business of Arthiyas. He also assured that the payments for procurement would be made through Arthiyas except in those cases where farmer himself opts to receive direct payment and Arthiya has no objection to release these payments directly to the farmers.
The Chief Minister further assured that procurement of all crops would be made through Arthiyas and commission due for their procurement services would be made as per rules.
He also said that in case of purchase by Central agencies, the payment of commission due would be taken up with the Central Government for a favorable settlement.
The Chief Minister stated that during the upcoming Rabi procurement season, arrangement for mustard procurement would be made in all district headquarter mandis.
Besides this, arrangements would be made in all such mandis where farmers would like to bring their mustard crop for sale, he added.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal urged the delegation for making ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ scheme successful during the upcoming Rabi procurement season.
The Arthiyas association also gave assurance to the Chief Minister that they would stand by the Government and would support farmers during the procurement process of crops.