CM Manohar Lal: Each & every grain will be purchased by govt

NEW DELHI/HARYANA: While assuring the farmers that each and every grain of their produce would be purchased by the State Government, the Haryana Chief Minister, Manohar Lal today announced a significant increase in the numbers of mandis and purchase centres for the procurement of mustard and wheat commencing from April 15 and April 20. He said that the number of mandis and purchase centres for procurement of wheat has been increased from 477 to 2,000 and for mustard, these have been increased from 67 to 140. CM also announced that he along with the Governor, Deputy Chief Minister, all cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha have decided to donate Rs 51 crore to the Consolidated Fund out of their discretionary quota to provide financial amid Corona outbreak. He said that on the call made by the State Government, people of different strata of the society have so far contributed about Rs 49 crore in the Corona Relief Fund. He said that while 150 employees of the State Government have contributed their 100 per ent salary for March, 2020, 1.82 lakh employees have made contribution ranging from one per cent to 100 per cent. On beingasked by Millennium Post that people failed to maintain distance at the mandis in Gurugram and police persons sitting idle CM said that he would ask the concerned people to take proper action on this.