Conceding Haryana’s request, the Centre on Thursday enhanced the daily procurement limit per farmer per day for rabi crops covered under price protection scheme (PPS) from 25 quintals to 40 quintals in view of Covid outbreak.
While wheat is covered under the minimum support price (MSP), mustard and gram among the rabi crop are covered under the PPS where the government procures these crops from farmers.
Haryana procures mustard and grams under the PPS, but the neighbouring Punjab Government does not procure these crops.
Under the provisions of the ‘PPS Guidelines 2018’, the daily procurement limit for mustard and gram per farmer was fixed at 25 quintals. In case a farmer has produce of more than 25 quintals, he was supposed to visit the grain markets again.
Sanjeev Kaushal, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Department, Haryana, said Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar took up the issue with the Centre requesting it to enhance the limit, so that farmers did not have to visit the grain markets repeatedly for the same crop. Khattar expressed apprehension that calling the farmers to grain markets twice would lead to crowding in mandis.
Haryana Cooperative Minister Banwari Lal also raised the issue with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar during a video conference.
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Source: Tribune India