Wheat procurement begins in Haryana

Procurement agencies on Friday started purchasing wheat from farmers in Haryana at the minimum support price fixed by the government.

In 410 mandis opened in the state for the purchase of wheat, the Food and Supplies Department, Hafed, Haryana Warehousing Corporation and Food Corporation of India are procuring the crop at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of Rs 2,015 per quintal, an official statement said.

The MSP for gram has been fixed at Rs 5,230 per quintal and for barley at Rs 1,635 per quintal, it added.

Adequate preparations have been made for a comprehensive arrangement in the mandis for procurement of the crops, Haryana's Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala said.