During the ongoing procurement season, Haryana Government has procured more than one lakh metric tonnes of mustard from the farmers in the state.
Haryana Additional Chief Secretary Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and Cooperation Department Sanjeev Kaushal said that 6,030 farmers reported at the 163 procurement centres for procurement of mustard in the state on Sunday.
A total of about 16,152.68 metric tonnes of mustard was purchased by the procurement agencies, i.e., HAFED and State Warehousing Corporation from these farmers.
A total of 1,00,033.22 metric tonnes has been procured from 38,399 farmers in the state in the first five days of procurement. 137 farmers have voluntarily contributed a sum of Rs 1,63,267 to the Haryana Corona Relief Fund, he said.
Kaushal informed that wheat procurement will commence tomorrow in more than 1,800 procurement centres all over the states.
More than 12,600 employees of the Procurement Agencies, HAFED, HWC, FCI and Food and Supplies Department have been deployed in these procurement centres. Masks, thermal scanners and sanitizers will be utilized for protection of the farmers and social distancing will be ensured, he said.
In a major relaxation of the existing guidelines, he said that all conditions of the quantity restrictions for the wheat produce brought to mandi by the farmer have been waived off.