Punjab, Haryana to begin wheat procurement with social distancing in mind

Haryana, Punjab take different routes to ensure social distancing at mandis

Unlike Punjab, Haryana has placed no restriction on the amount of crop it will buy from farmers during a single visit. The reason: The state, which borders Delhi, does not want to encourage more than one visit by farmers in order to mitigate infection risk at procurement centres.

Haryana has increased the number of procurement centres for wheat by five times over the last season to 1,915, Sanjeev Kaushal, additional chief secretary, agriculture, farmer welfare and cooperation, told Business Standard. It has 163 such centres for mustard and eight for gram (channa).