Chandigarh, May 15 – During the Rabi Marketing Season 2025–26, a total of 74.95 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been procured in Haryana from April 1 to May 14, 2025, by various procurement agencies. Out of this, 72.90 lakh metric tonnes has been purchased for the center and 2.05 lakh metric tonnes for the PDS. So far, 73.03 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has already been lifted. Thus 97.40 percent of wheat has been lifted in the state.
Sharing information in this regard an official spokesperson said that wheat procurement in the state is being done by four agencies, the Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, HAFED, Haryana Warehousing Corporation, and the Food Corporation of India (FCI). So far, wheat has been procured from 4,68,636 farmers, and a total payment of Rs. 16,462.70 crore has been directly transferred to their bank accounts.
The spokesperson said that in Haryana, 41.85 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been procured in the year 2022-23, 63.17 lakh metric tonnes in 2023 – 24, 71.50 lakh metric tonnes in 2024-25 and 74.95 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been procured so far in 2025 -26, which is the highest in the last four years. Compared to last year, there has been an increase of 3.45 lakh metric tonnes in wheat procurement. Besides this, wheat was procured from 4,56,606 farmers last year, this time wheat has been procured from 4,68,636 farmers, the spokesperson added.
The spokesperson further said that mustard procurement for Rabi season 2025–26 took place from March 15 to May 1, 2025 by HAFED and the Haryana Warehousing Corporation. As of May 14, 7.74 lakh metric tonnes of mustard has been lifted by the procurement agencies in the state. The state government has procured mustard from 2,59,400 farmers, and payments totaling Rs. 4,312.52 crore have been directly transferred to their accounts.
