Today Kapu-Meniya.in : Procurement of wheat, the major Rabi season crop, starts from 1st April in major producing states Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and procurement from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan starts from mid March. Due to the corona virus, 21 days of lockdowns have not started anywhere in the country, whereas in many states, embroidery has started with harvesting. The procurement is likely to start only after mid-April, in which case the problem of wheat harvesting from harvesting to storage has arisen in front of the farmers.
Today Harvesting is in full swing in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, while procurement from these states is yet to begin. According to a senior official of the Food and Civil Supplies Department of Madhya Pradesh, the purchase of wheat has been postponed due to the lockdown, and a new date has not been announced yet. The work of harvesting and embroidery is in full swing in the state, but farmers' wheat is lying in the open due to the closure of mandis. In Punjab, wheat procurement is to start from April 15 and in Haryana from April 20. In Uttar Pradesh, the state government has announced the purchase of wheat from 15 April.
Today First season hit on wheat farmers, now lockdown
Today All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee convenor Sardar VM Singh said that farmers are not getting labor for wheat harvesting. Due to the closure of shops, repair of combine harvesters and other machines has not been done. Mandis are closed due to lockdown, due to which the procurement of wheat has not been started. Hence farmers have to face problems from harvesting to storage. Usually the farmer threshing the wheat and goes to sell directly in the mandi, but where will the storage of wheat take place if the purchase does not start? He said that earlier farmers were hit by the weather, now the lockdown is taking place.
Today Government will provide gunny bags to farmers in Haryana, purchase will start from April 20
Today Haryana government has announced to give gunny bags to the farmers, so that the farmer keeps the wheat in sacks. The state government has announced to start procurement from April 20. Bharatiya Kisan Union Haryana President Gurnam Singh Chadhuni said that farmers will face problems from harvesting to storage. We had demanded the government to give tarpaulin along with baadara, but the state government has accepted the demand for gunny bags only through adhatiyas. He said that labor is not available for harvesting wheat, Punjab labor works on combine harvesters, which is not coming due to curfew. He informed that the government has also decided to open repairing shops of machines on April 3 while the harvesting has started.
Today Punjab accounts for the largest share in the total wheat procurement, will start from April 15
Today A senior official of Punjab's Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs is preparing to start the procurement of wheat in the state from April 15, for which the Badana is being transported to the mandis. He informed that plans are being made to go directly to the villages whose distance is one to two kilometers from Mandi. Punjab has the highest share in wheat procurement. During the Rabi marketing season 2019-20, 129.12 lakh tonnes of wheat was procured from Punjab at the minimum support price.
Today Estimates of record yields, procurement likely to increase
Today During the Rabi marketing season 2019-20, 341.32 lakh tonnes of wheat was procured at MSP. The record yield of wheat in the current rabi is estimated at 106.2 million tonnes. Therefore, procurement is also estimated to be more than 350 lakh tonnes. The central government has fixed the MSP of wheat at Rs 1,925 per quintal for the current Rabi marketing season 2020-21.
Today Harvesting is in full swing in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, while procurement from these states is yet to begin. According to a senior official of the Food and Civil Supplies Department of Madhya Pradesh, the purchase of wheat has been postponed due to the lockdown, and a new date has not been announced yet. The work of harvesting and embroidery is in full swing in the state, but farmers' wheat is lying in the open due to the closure of mandis. In Punjab, wheat procurement is to start from April 15 and in Haryana from April 20. In Uttar Pradesh, the state government has announced the purchase of wheat from 15 April.
Today First season hit on wheat farmers, now lockdown
Today All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee convenor Sardar VM Singh said that farmers are not getting labor for wheat harvesting. Due to the closure of shops, repair of combine harvesters and other machines has not been done. Mandis are closed due to lockdown, due to which the procurement of wheat has not been started. Hence farmers have to face problems from harvesting to storage. Usually the farmer threshing the wheat and goes to sell directly in the mandi, but where will the storage of wheat take place if the purchase does not start? He said that earlier farmers were hit by the weather, now the lockdown is taking place.
Today Government will provide gunny bags to farmers in Haryana, purchase will start from April 20
Today Haryana government has announced to give gunny bags to the farmers, so that the farmer keeps the wheat in sacks. The state government has announced to start procurement from April 20. Bharatiya Kisan Union Haryana President Gurnam Singh Chadhuni said that farmers will face problems from harvesting to storage. We had demanded the government to give tarpaulin along with baadara, but the state government has accepted the demand for gunny bags only through adhatiyas. He said that labor is not available for harvesting wheat, Punjab labor works on combine harvesters, which is not coming due to curfew. He informed that the government has also decided to open repairing shops of machines on April 3 while the harvesting has started.
Today Punjab accounts for the largest share in the total wheat procurement, will start from April 15
Today A senior official of Punjab's Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs is preparing to start the procurement of wheat in the state from April 15, for which the Badana is being transported to the mandis. He informed that plans are being made to go directly to the villages whose distance is one to two kilometers from Mandi. Punjab has the highest share in wheat procurement. During the Rabi marketing season 2019-20, 129.12 lakh tonnes of wheat was procured from Punjab at the minimum support price.
Today Estimates of record yields, procurement likely to increase
Today During the Rabi marketing season 2019-20, 341.32 lakh tonnes of wheat was procured at MSP. The record yield of wheat in the current rabi is estimated at 106.2 million tonnes. Therefore, procurement is also estimated to be more than 350 lakh tonnes. The central government has fixed the MSP of wheat at Rs 1,925 per quintal for the current Rabi marketing season 2020-21.
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