Chandigarh
Haryana Government has imposed a complete lockdown in the state till May 9, 2021, to break the COVID-19 infection chain. The Government has urged farmers to stay at home during this Pandemic and not step out of their homes unnecessarily.

During the lockdown, the procurement of wheat in all the Mandis of the state will not be done and even the gate passes would not be issued.Sharing more information here today, an official spokesman said that from April 1, 2021 to May 6, 2021 a total of 83.49 lakh tonnes of wheat have arrived in 396 Mandis and Procurement Centres in the state, out of which a total purchase of 80.70 lakh tonnes of wheat is being done on Minimum Support Price (MSP) by the state procurement agencies. On May 6, 2021, 17350 tonnes of wheat has been procured.

Besides this, till May 6, 2021, an amount of Rs 12611 crore has been directly paid in the verified accounts of the farmers.The spokesman said that till date, as many as 9,25,209 J Forms of 4,99,064 farmers have been issued and the officers concerned have been directed that the lifting of the procured wheat should be done on daily basis.