Today Kapu-Meniya.in : The unseasonal rains in March have caused a huge loss to the wheat crop, while now the fear of delay in government procurement has raised the concern of farmers. Wheat is estimated to have record yields in the current rabi, while the Modi government has announced a lockdown across India for 21 days to 14 April to prevent the corona virus infection in the country. Wheat procurement from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan starts before March 25, while procurement has not started in these states yet. In Haryana, the purchase of wheat has been postponed by 20 days, while in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, the procurement of wheat is expected to start from April 1.
Today A senior Food Ministry official said that the mandis across the country are closed due to the lockdown, we are in constant touch with the state governments. He said that according to the feedback from the state governments, there is a huge labor shortage in the mandis. Labor has moved to its village due to the lockdown, so government procurement of wheat may be delayed. A senior official of the Food and Supplies Department of Haryana said that due to corona virus, the procurement of wheat in the state has been postponed till April 20, but the situation is being monitored everyday. , And if possible, wheat procurement can be started even earlier. He said that the state government will buy one grain each from the farmers.
Today Due to delay in government procurement, farmers will say storage of wheat
Record production of wheat is estimated in the current rabi, so the farmers will have to suffer the shortfall or delay in government procurement. Wheat harvesting is going on in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan while in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, wheat harvesting starts at the end of March and usually runs till April 15. Therefore, due to delay in government procurement, farmers will also face problems in storage of wheat.
Today Government procurement is also expected to increase due to higher production estimates
Today During the Rabi marketing season 2019-20, 341.32 lakh tonnes of wheat was procured at the Minimum Support Price (MSP), whereas in the current Rabi, procurement is expected to be more in view of the increase in production. According to the second preliminary estimate of the Ministry of Agriculture, the record production of wheat in the current Rabi is estimated at 10.62 million tonnes, which is higher than the 105 million tonnes of the previous season. The central government has fixed the MSP of wheat at Rs 1,925 per quintal for the current Rabi marketing season 2020-21 as against Rs 1,840 per quintal of wheat procured in the previous Rabi season.
Today Labor homes closed due to Corona virus, no Combine machine arrived
Today Amit Kumar, a farmer from Kharkhauda in Sonepat district of Haryana, said that he has planted wheat crop on five acres, and harvesting has to start within a week but labor is not available. Due to the corona virus, the labor that came here from Bihar, more than half of the people have gone to their homes, the remaining ones are forced to stay indoors. In such a situation, they do not understand how the wheat will be harvested this time. Charan Singh Dalal, a wheat farmer from Mandothi village in Bahadurgarh, said that every year, the combin machine from Punjab used to come to the village from 20-25 March, but this time it has not come. He told that the labor of the village is forbidden from cutting wheat. He called the Combine Machineman who comes to cut every wheat, so he told that we have curfew. He told that in every situation, wheat will have to be harvested before April 13, because on April 13, there is a make.
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Today A senior Food Ministry official said that the mandis across the country are closed due to the lockdown, we are in constant touch with the state governments. He said that according to the feedback from the state governments, there is a huge labor shortage in the mandis. Labor has moved to its village due to the lockdown, so government procurement of wheat may be delayed. A senior official of the Food and Supplies Department of Haryana said that due to corona virus, the procurement of wheat in the state has been postponed till April 20, but the situation is being monitored everyday. , And if possible, wheat procurement can be started even earlier. He said that the state government will buy one grain each from the farmers.
Today Due to delay in government procurement, farmers will say storage of wheat
Record production of wheat is estimated in the current rabi, so the farmers will have to suffer the shortfall or delay in government procurement. Wheat harvesting is going on in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan while in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, wheat harvesting starts at the end of March and usually runs till April 15. Therefore, due to delay in government procurement, farmers will also face problems in storage of wheat.
Today Government procurement is also expected to increase due to higher production estimates
Today During the Rabi marketing season 2019-20, 341.32 lakh tonnes of wheat was procured at the Minimum Support Price (MSP), whereas in the current Rabi, procurement is expected to be more in view of the increase in production. According to the second preliminary estimate of the Ministry of Agriculture, the record production of wheat in the current Rabi is estimated at 10.62 million tonnes, which is higher than the 105 million tonnes of the previous season. The central government has fixed the MSP of wheat at Rs 1,925 per quintal for the current Rabi marketing season 2020-21 as against Rs 1,840 per quintal of wheat procured in the previous Rabi season.
Today Labor homes closed due to Corona virus, no Combine machine arrived
Today Amit Kumar, a farmer from Kharkhauda in Sonepat district of Haryana, said that he has planted wheat crop on five acres, and harvesting has to start within a week but labor is not available. Due to the corona virus, the labor that came here from Bihar, more than half of the people have gone to their homes, the remaining ones are forced to stay indoors. In such a situation, they do not understand how the wheat will be harvested this time. Charan Singh Dalal, a wheat farmer from Mandothi village in Bahadurgarh, said that every year, the combin machine from Punjab used to come to the village from 20-25 March, but this time it has not come. He told that the labor of the village is forbidden from cutting wheat. He called the Combine Machineman who comes to cut every wheat, so he told that we have curfew. He told that in every situation, wheat will have to be harvested before April 13, because on April 13, there is a make.
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