The government has taken the decision to postpone the procurement of paddy from the states of Punjab and Haryana respectively until 11th of October. It is done because of the high moisture content in the crop caused by recent heavy rainfall in the area.
Punjab was supposed to start buying paddy on October 1st.
In a letter issued to the Punjab government from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has stated that due to the current rains the adulthood of paddy has been behind schedule and moisture content material withinside the clean arrival is past the permissible limit.
“So to keep away from any inconvenience to farmers, it’s been determined that procurement below MSP could start from October 11, in Punjab and Haryana to just accept paddy inventory as in keeping with specifications,” says the conversation despatched to the state government.
It has been suggested to the state governments to dry the paddy that has already arrived withinside the mandis and similarly produce to be added in mandis after right drying.
