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Haryana to begin paddy procurement from Oct 1 due to continued rainfall in Sept
Increasing rainfall raises moisture levels in crops, farmers can bring the dry crops for Procurement from October 1
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh September 21, 2024- The paddy procurement for the Kharif Marketing Season 2024-25 in Haryana will now begin from October 1, 2024 instead of September 23. The change has been made because the State has received more than double the average rainfall as of September 20.
Due to continuous rain, there is likely to be delay in harvesting and drying of crops. Therefore, the government scheduled for the Kharif crops has now been fixed from October 1 to November 15, 2024, so that the farmers can dry thier crops in time before bringing it to the mandis for procurement.
Giving information in this regard, a spokesperson of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department said, as of September, Haryana has received 108.9 mm of rainfall, whereas the state recorded only 69.3 mm of rain throughout August and 39.3 mm in September of 2023.
This year due to the continuous rainfall in August and September, there is less possibility of early harvesting of crops. Hence, the schedule of early procurement of crops has been changed.
The spokesperson further said that approximately 60 lakh metric tons of paddy is expected to be procured during the Kharif Marketing season 2024-25. The Government of India has fixed the minimum support price for paddy (common) at Rs 2300 per quintal and Rs 2320 per quintal for grade-A paddy. To facilitate procurement, 241 mandis/ procurement centers have been opened across the state.
Additionally, the purchase of Bajra and moong will take place from October 1 to November 15. For this purpose, 91 mandis/procurement centres have been made functional for the procurement of Bajra and 38 for moong.
The department has made all necessary arrangements for the government procurement of other Kharif crops, including cotton, moong, maize, jwar, groundnut, sesame, and tur, at the minimum support price.