Farmers Movement Archive

BKU faction says Haryana gave wrong data on procurement to evade MSP

Ambala: Bhartiya Kisan Union (Charuni) on Friday claimed that the state government was releasing “false data” on wheat procurement to evade procurement and minimum support price (MSP). No procurement of wheat was done by agencies and no gate passes were issued to farmers in Ambala on Friday, following an instruction from the office of directorate of Haryana food, civil supplies and consumer affairs (HFCS) department. HFCS deputy director (procurement) Megha Kanwar on Thursday issued instructions to principal consultant Munish Chandan of state e-governance mission team (SeMT), e-Kharid, to stop issuing gate passes to farmers in the districts, including Ambala, Charkhi Dadri, Gurugram, Mahendergarh, Nuh, Palwal, Panchkula and Rewari. The reason mentioned in the instructions to stop the gate passes reads: “The wheat procurement in (above-mentioned) districts during Rabi procurement season of 2021-22 up to April 28, 2021, has been 125% as compared to Rabi season of 2020-21. Therefore, the government has decided to stop wheat procurement from these districts. It is requested to stop issuing gate passes for wheat procurement.” Ambala district food and civil supplies controller (DFSC) Rajeshwar Mudgil said up to April 28, a total of 3,18,069 metric ton (MT) wheat had been procured by agencies in Ambala district this year, as compared to2,38,109 MT last year. However, the BKU factioned claimed that the data was false.

The Times of India

2021-05-01

Chandigarh