Haryana
Haryana Prepares for Rabi Crop Procurement
- 26 Mar 2025
- 3 min read
Why in News?
Haryana Government has set an ambitious target of procuring 75 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of wheat for the Rabi marketing season 2025-26.
- A cash credit limit of over ₹6,653 crore has already been approved by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to facilitate procurement.
Key Points:
- Haryana is expecting a bumper wheat production this Rabi season, prompting the state government to enhance procurement arrangements.
- The Chief Minister has instructed marketing board officials to construct large sheds in vacant areas of mandis to accommodate future needs.
- The procurement responsibilities have been divided among different agencies:
- 30% by the Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs Department
- 40% by HAFED (Haryana State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited)
- 20% by Haryana State Warehousing Corporation
- 10% by Food Corporation of India
- Haryana contributes around 25% of the wheat to the central pool and ranks second in wheat production in India.
- A total of 415 mandis will be operational for wheat procurement, 25 for barley, 11 for gram, 7 for lentils, 116 for mustard, and 17 for sunflower.
- The minimum support prices (MSP) for various Rabi crops have been fixed as follows:
- Wheat: ₹2,425 per quintal
- Barley: ₹1,980 per quintal
- Gram: ₹5,650 per quintal
- Lentil: ₹6,700 per quintal
- Mustard: ₹5,950 per quintal
- Sunflower: ₹7,280 per quintal
- The Chief Minister has instructed all deputy commissioners to form teams for monitoring the procurement process to ensure smooth and efficient operations.
Minimum Support Price
- About:
- MSP is the guaranteed amount paid to farmers when the government buys their produce.
- MSP is based on the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP), which considers various factors such as cost of production, demand and supply, market price trends, inter-crop price parity, etc.
- CACP is an attached office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. It came into existence in January 1965.
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister of India takes the final decision (approve) on the level of MSPs.
- The MSP is aimed at ensuring remunerative prices to growers for their produce and encouraging Crop Diversification.
