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Chandigarh, September 18 – Haryana Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, Mr. J.P. Dalal said that opposition parties can no longer mislead farmers as Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi and Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal have pledged to make farmers economically affluent.
Mr. Dalal said that the opposition parties are unnecessarily politicizing New Farm Ordinances recently promulgated by the Central Government, whereas in reality these ordinances are in the interest of farmers.
The government has no objection if the farmer wants to sell their produce outside the mandis. In the mandis, procurement of crops will continue at the Minimum Support Price as before. Through ordinances, additional facilities have been provided to farmers. The farmers can sell their produce not only in the mandis of their State but also in the mandis of other states too as per their convenience, said the Minister.
He said that the Chief Minister while considering the farmers’ interests had turned the nationwide lockdown period into opportunity amid COVID-19 by formulating several new schemes so as to provide direct benefit of government schemes to about 17 lakh farmer families of the state and further opening the doors of development for them.
The Agriculture Minister said that this work of digitization, proved to be very effective for the “Meri Fasal Mera Byora” portal, when despite the lockdown, record procurement of Wheat and Mustard was done through e-procurement of Rabi crops.
Using the data available on this portal, more than 74.43 lakh metric tonnes of wheat were purchased in 1800 mandis and procurement centres during the Rabi season. The farmers were given tokens and SMS were sent to them on the day they had to visit the mandis to sell their produce.
