Five government procuring agencies have purchased 31.98 lakh metric tonnes

Chandigarh, Apr 15 – So far more than 31.99 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has arrived in the mandis of Haryana. Out of the total arrived wheat, the five government procuring agencies have purchased 31.98 lakh metric tonnes and traders have purchased 578 metric tonnes of wheat at Minimum Support Price.
While stating this here today, a spokesman of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department said the procurement process was running smoothly in the mandis.
Giving details of the wheat procured by government agencies, he said that more than 7.84 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been procured by Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, whereas Haryana State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (HAFED) has purchased more than 10.46 lakh metric tonnes of wheat. He said that Food Corporation of India has purchased more than 3.92 lakh metric tonnes of wheat, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation have purchased more than 2.75 lakh metric tonnes and more than 6.99 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been procured by Haryana Warehousing Corporation.
The spokesman said that district Kaithal was leading in wheat arrival where more than 4.23 lakh metric tonnes of the crop had been procured followed by district Karnal, which recorded more than 3.95 lakh metric tonnes of wheat arrival. Similarly, more than 3.41 lakh metric tonnes of wheat have been arrived in Jind, more than 2.54 lakh metric tonnes in Palwal, more than 2.38 lakh metric tonnes in Sonepat, over 2.21 lakh metric tonnes in Kurukshetra, more than 1.69 lakh metric tonnes in Panipat, over 1.67 lakh metric tonnes in Fatehabad and over 1.23 lakh metric tonnes in Ambala.
He said that more than 1.28 lakh metric tonnes of wheat had arrived in Hisar, 76,001 metric tonnes in Faridabad, 80,454 metric tonnes in Rohtak, 75,176 metric tonnes in Bhiwani, 54,697 metric tonnes in Mewat, 59,933 metric tonnes in Yamunanagar, 44,150 metric tonnes in Jhajjar, 39,157 metric tonnes in Gurugram, 20,308 metric tonnes in Narnaul and 13,828 metric tonnes in Panchkula.