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Chandigarh, May 10 – Haryana Government has extended the lockdown in the state so as to contain the spread of COVID-19, which is to be observed as ‘Mahamari Alert-Surakshit Haryana’ till May 17, 2021.
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 allowed and no gate pass will be issued.
Sharing more information here today, an official spokesman said that from April 1, 2021 to May 10, 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 80.88 lakh tonnes of wheat has been done on Minimum Support Price (MSP) by the state procurement agencies. On May 10, 2021, 1218 tonnes of wheat has been procured.
Besides this, till May 10, 2021, an amount of Rs 13120 crore has been directly paid in the verified accounts of the farmers.
The spokesman said that till date, as many as 928707 J Forms of 499058 farmers have been issued and the officers concerned have been directed that the lifting of the procured wheat should be done on daily basis.
