Monday, March 31, 2014

Haryana all set for procure 70 lakh MT of wheat

by Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 31
The Haryana Food and Supplies Department has made elaborate arrangements for the procurement of about 70 lakhs metric tonnes of wheat this season out of which 61.60 lakh tonnes would be procured by the State procurement agencies and 8.40 lakh tonnes by the Food Corporation of India. As per estimates of Agriculture Department wheat has been sown in an area of 25.00 lakh hectare and its likely production would be about 123.81 lakh MT.
The staff of their respective organisations have been asked to reach the mandis or purchase centres allotted to them by April 1. This year 372 procurement centres had been set up for the smooth procurement of wheat.The minimum support price announced by the Centre this year is Rs.1350 per quintal.
In order to have first hand information about the procurement operation, State and district level control rooms would become functional from April,01. Farmers have been advised to bring their produce to the mandis only after proper cleaning and drying so as to get remunerative price of their grain.
The arrangements have been made for making prompt payment to the farmers of their produce within 48 to 72 hours.
Barley: Barley has been sown in an area of 0.50 lakh hectare and its production is likely to be around 1.95 lakh MT. It is expected that about 20,000 MT Barley might arrive in the mandis. In the event of market prices of Barley tend to fall below MSP, the State Procurement Agencies will affect its purchase on MSP in the mandis allocated to them.
Gram: Gram has been sown in an area of 0.62 lakh hectare and its production is likely to be around 0.71 lakh MT. In case market prices of Gram tend to fall below MSP, Hafed will affect its purchase on MSP on behalf of Nafed.
Mustard: Mustard has been sown in an area of 6.00 lakh hectare and its production is likely to be around 10.80 lakh MT. In case price of Mustard fall below the MSP,Hafed will affect its purchase on MSP on behalf of Nafed. MD, Hafed will issue necessary guidelines, allocation of mandis and specifications prescribed by Government of India for the purchase of Mustard to his District Managers.

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