Haryana has concluded the paddy procurement season with a record purchase of 62,08,732.96 MT, which surpasses both its estimated target of 54 lakh MT and last year’s procurement of 53,98,661.91 MT. However, despite this record surge there’s something that has left everyone shocked and verification orders have been issued. This increase of nearly eight-lakh MT increase comes despite delayed harvesting and lower yield which was affected by floods, heavy rainfall, and crop diseases. This has prompted the state to intensify inspections amid concerns over unusually high arrivals in several districts.
As per the official data, Fatehabad topped the state with 11,02,554.38 MT, up from 743,194.40 MT last year. Karnal followed with 10,36,419.86 MT against 840,370.07 MT last season, while Kaithal recorded 924,984.04 MT, up from 838,934.50 MT and Sirsa saw arrivals rise to 419,116.91 MT from 300,767.85 MT. With several districts surpassing their previous high, the output has raised everyone eyebrows. However, several districts like Kurukshetra, Ambala registered lower arrivals than last season. The record surge in arrivals, despite reduced production in many regions, caught the attention of Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini and senior officials. They have ordered physical verifications of rice mills, procurement records and grain market gate passes. Authorities suspect that paddy and even PDS rice from other states may have entered Haryana’s grain markets to be adjusted against “proxy procurement”.
FIR Registered in Karnal
Karnal which is the focal point of the investigation, has registered six FIRs exposing a network of “ghost procurement” and diversion of government paddy. In this context, a police official said that “Investigations revealed proxy procurement, fraudulent gate-pass generation and false off-site storage claims… We suspect a racket involving arhtiyas, millers, HSAMB staff and officials, and procurement agencies.”
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