IEP Chandigarh, April 5
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Shri Dushyant Chautala written to Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Shri Piyush Goyal to take necessary action in order to provide relaxation in quality norms of wheat which are being purchased during Rabi Marketing Season 2023-24 by the procuring agencies of the State.Deputy Chief Minister said that the procurement of wheat started in Haryana from 1st April 2023. He told that untimely rains and hail storm began just before harvesting in the month of March, 2023 which has flattened and slashed the standing crops in Haryana.Sh. Dushyant Chautala said that the reports have been taken from major procuring districts i.e. Kaithal, Karnal, Kurukshetra, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Jind and Yamuna Nagar regarding lustre loss to the wheat crops due to heavy rains in the month of March, 2023. Most farmers were caught by surprise by the repeated rain and hail storm that has lashed fields full of mature crops. It can curtail production and adversely affect the quality of grains.He said that keeping this in mind, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has been written to provide relaxation in quality norms of wheat being procured during Rabi Marketing Season 2023-24.
