Government procuring agencies have purchased over 73.40 lakh metric tonnes

Posted by On May 11, 2017 0 Comment

Chandigarh, May 11- More than 73.47 lakh Metric Tonnes (MT) of wheat has arrived in the mandis of Haryana till yesterday. Out of the total arrived wheat, the five government procuring agencies have purchased over 73.40 lakh metric tonnes and traders have purchased 6,854 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 18.15 lakh MT of wheat has been procured by Food and Supplies Department, whereas HAFED has purchased more than 26.53 lakh MT of wheat. He said that Food Corporation of India has purchased more than 8.58 lakh MT of wheat, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation has purchased more than 6.74 lakh MT and over 13.38 lakh MT of wheat has been procured by Haryana Warehousing Corporation.
He said that district Sirsa was leading in wheat arrival where more than 10.66 lakh MT of wheat has so far arrived in the mandis. District Karnal has recorded arrival of more than 7.54 lakh MT, district Jind more than 6.90 lakh MT, district Fatehabad received more than 6.80 lakh MT, district Kaithal had more than 6.48 lakh MT, district Kurukshetra more than five lakh MT and district Hisar has recorded arrival of more than 4.84 lakh MT.
Similarly, district Sonepat has recorded arrival of more than 3.87 lakh MT of wheat, district Yamunanagar more than 3.10 lakh MT, district Palwal more than 2.93 lakh MT, district Panipat more than 2.78 lakh MT, district Rohtak more than 2.68 lakh MT, district Ambala more than 2.65 lakh MT, and district Bhiwani 2.10 lakh MT. District Jhajjar has recorded arrival of more than 1.52 lakh MT of wheat, district Faridabad over 1.03 lakh MT, district Mewat 83,912 MT, district Gurugram 61,488 MT, district Rewari 36,683 MT, Panchkula 38,971 MT and in Narnaul 28,251 MT of wheat has so far arrived in the mandis.