Farmers are eased from all kind of bindings of declared countrywide lockdown and given full liberty in the harvesting of rabi crops and the Centre also exempted mandis, procurement agencies, farm operations, agri-machinery hiring centres as well required intra-and inter-state movement of farm implements from the lockdown rules.

Further, according to the latest directive issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs the government eased farm workers as well as manufacturing and packaging units of fertilisers, pesticides and seeds from the lockdown.

Fertiliser shops and custom hiring centres of farm machinery are also freed to function during the lockdown period.

As the harvesting of rabi crops such as wheat, mustard and pulses have begun and due to be in full pace in coming months the directives came to save the farmers save from facing any kind of problem harvesting to deliver them to the mandis amid nationwide lock down to contain the spread of coronavirus.