Haryana government has increased the limit of 25 quintals per acre of paddy procurement to 30 quintals. Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar has also directed the officials to ensure that if a farmer brings 10% additional paddy to the mandi than the prescribed quota, it should be purchased.
This came hours after the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) called the farmers to block roads in front of mandis in Haryana on Wednesday, alleging delay in paddy procurement, a lack of coordination between the government departments and various agencies and over the cap on procurement.
The BKU had objected to the limit of paddy procurement and wanted it to be revised. The BKU also wants that the limit of moisture content in paddy be increased to 22% instead of current the 17%.
A delegation of farmers led by BKU Haryana president Gurnam Singh Chaduni met state additional chief secretary PK Das in connection with their demands.
