Wheat procurement in Haryana surpasses last year’s figures
Haryana’s wheat procurement this rabi season surpasses last year’s figures, with 71.5 lakh MT purchased, exceeding the 70.3 lakh MT from last year. Procurement centers in Sirsa, Karnal, Jind, Fatehabad, and Kaithal lead. Four agencies operated 414 purchase centers for the central pool. Despite a target of 65 lakh MT, procurement exceeded expectations. The season ended on May 22 after a week-long extension due to delayed harvesting and increased wheat arrival.
Wheat procured in Haryana this rabi season has surpassed the figures of last year.
The government agencies have already purchased 71.5 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of wheat, exceeding the last year figure of 70.3 lakh MT, as per the statewide report made available through the e-kharid portal of food, civil supplies and consumer affairs department.
According to the report, Sirsa tops the procurement chart with 8.52 lakh MT, followed by Karnal at 7.73 lakh MT, Jind 7.36 lakh MT, Fatehabad 6.86 lakh MT and Kaithal 6.74 lakh MT, where more than half of the purchase centres were set up.
Four agencies, namely food, civil supplies and consumer affairs department, Hafed, Haryana warehousing corporation and Food Corporation of India (FCI) carried out the procurement at 414 purchase centres in the state, for the central pool.
In Haryana, about 25 lakh hectares are under the wheat crop and the estimated production of wheat is about 120 lakh MT, while the government had set a target to procure about 65 lakh MT as against 63 lakh MT during the 2023-24 season.
The procurement that started on April 1 in the state ended on May 22 after an extension of a week.
On May 15, the directorate of food, civil supplies and consumer affairs department wrote to the Centre seeking an extension of procurement by a week, highlighting delayed harvesting and daily arrival of wheat by at least 20,000 MT.
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