Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday chaired a high-level meeting with the Administrative Secretaries and said that like each year this time also uninterrupted and hassle-free conduct of procurement operations of Kharif Marketing Season 2022-23 should be ensured.

The Divisional and Deputy Commissioners and  Chairmans of government procurement agencies also attended the meeting held through video conferencing. Deputy Chief Minister, Dushyant Chautala, Chief Secretary, Sanjeev Kaushal, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, D.S Dhesi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, V. Umashankar, Additional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Dr. Amit Agrawal also remained present in the meeting.  

"As the procurement of Kharif crops will be from today, therefore proper installation of moisture meters, weighing scales along with proper transportation facilities, timely lifting, installation of CCTV camera and further strengthening of Mandi infrastructures should be ensured," directed Khattar.

The Chief Minister said that since untimely heavy rains started one week before procurement has caused problems for the farmers who have already brought their crops to the Mandis, therefore the officers concerned should ensure that the proper drying up of such crops is done before final procurement.

He directed that apart from the Administrative Secretaries, the Deputy Commissioners should also regularly visit the mandis to ensure hassle-free procurement and directed that crop stock clearance should also be done on a regular basis. For this, the Deputy Commissioners should do regular inspections of the Mandis.

The procurement of Kharif crops will be done at the MSP announced by the Government of India which is Rs 2040 per quintal for Paddy (Common), Rs 2060 per quintal for Paddy (Grade-A), and Rs 2350 per quintal for Bajra.

During the marketing season 2022-23, crops like paddy, bajra, maize, moong, sunflower, groundnut, til, arhar and urad, etc. will be procured.