Haryana takes steps to meet demand for kharif crops

Haryana government has made adequate arrangements for the current kharif season as the total area under cultivation of crops in the state stands at about 27.86 lakh hectares.
Of the total, paddy accounts for about 13.5 lakh hectares, cotton 6 lakh hectares, bajra and guar 4 lakh hectares each, Haryana Agriculture Minister O P Dhankar said here today.
The requirement of certified seeds of paddy have been kept at a level of 0.87 lakh quintal as against the sale of 0.47 lakh quintal certified seeds of this crop during kharif 2015.
He said that over 2.32 lakh quintals of certified seeds of various major crops are available with different agencies as against the requirement of about 1.32 lakh quintals.

Dhankar said that adequate quantity of seeds of major crops like paddy, cotton, bajra, moong, til, guar and maize are available with different government and private agencies.
He further said that 7,256 quintals of certified seeds are available with Haryana Seeds Development Corporation Limited (HSDC), whereas 156 quintals of seeds are available with Indian Farm Forestry Development Cooperative Limited (IFFDC).

Another 478 quintals are with Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO), 5081 quintals with National Seeds Corporation (NSC) and over 2.19 lakh quintals are available with private agencies.
Apart from this, over 30 lakh packets of BT Cotton seeds are available for kharif 2016 season. Sowing of cotton is over in about 75 per cent of the area till date.

He said that a comprehensive plan has been chalked out to arrange the insecticides, pesticides and weedicides for kharif crops through institutional agencies along with private sector.
Sufficient quantity of fertilisers are also available in the state, he added.
He said that 1.96 lakh metric tonnes of urea, 4.32 lakh metric tonnes of DAP, 5.17 lakh metric tonnes of MOP and 3.85 lakh metric tonnes of complexes are available which is sufficient for the current Kharif season.