Chandigarh, April 22, 2018: In view of the growing incidents of crops catching fire, the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Manohar Lal, today ordered a special girdawari to compensate the farmers for the loss of crops. The state government is also working on different alternatives to increase the prescribed limit for procurement of mustard and bajra and plans to export mustard oil.
The Chief Minister disclosed this while addressing dealers and farmers after inspecting wheat procurement in the Jhajjar Anaj Mandi, today. The Minister of State for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Mr Karan Dev Kamboj, was also present. Mr Manohar Lal inspected the weight of wheat sacks on scales before loading, besides the quality of wheat and the pace of procurement.
He congratulated the farmers for producing bumper wheat production in the state. In the previous season, about 74 lakh metric tonnes of wheat was procured while this season, 65 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has already been procured and the procurement process would continue for ten more days, he added.
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