Wheat procurement reaches 74.95 lakh MT; 97.40% lifted so far

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 by various procurement agencies. Out of this, 72.90 lakh MT has been purchased for the Centre and 2.05 lakh MT for the PDS. So far, 73.03 lakh MT of wheat has already been lifted. Thus 97.40% of wheat has been lifted in the state.

Sharing information, an official spokesperson said the wheat procurement in the state is being done by four agencies —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 41.85 lakh MT of wheat was procured in the year 2022-23, 63.17 lakh MT in 2023 – 24, 71.50 lakh MT in 2024-25 and 74.95 lakh MT has been procured so far in 2025 -26, which is the highest in the past four years. Compared to last year, there has been an increase of 3.45 lakh MT in wheat procurement. Besides this, wheat was procured from 4,56,606 farmers last year as compared to 4,68,636 farmers this year, the spokesperson added.

The spokesperson further said mustard procurement for rabi season 2025–26 took place from March 15 to May 1 by HAFED and the Haryana Warehousing Corporation. As of May 14, 7.74 lakh MT of mustard has been lifted by the procurement agencies. The state government has procured mustard from 2,59,400 farmers and payment totaling Rs 4,312.52 crore has been directly transferred to their accounts.

Haryana Tribune