67.01 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so far arrived in Haryana

Chandigarh, Nov 20– More than 67.01 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so far arrived in Haryana as compared to over 62.46 lakh MT of paddy arrived during the corresponding period last year.
While stating this here today, a spokesman of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department said that out of the total arrival of paddy, government agencies had so far procured over 58.50 lakh MT of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of over 8.50 lakh MT of paddy was procured by the millers.
He said that more than 27.18 lakh MT of paddy have purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department. Over 19.17 lakh MT by Hafed, over 6.40 lakh MT have been purchased by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation, over 5.55 lakh MT by the Haryana Agro-industries Corporation and 19,585 MT have been purchased by the Food Corporation of India.
Giving details of arrival in mandi’s of different districts, the spokesman said that out of the total arrival of paddy, the maximum quantity of paddy has arrived in Karnal which is over 14.47 lakh metric tonnes followed by Kurukshetra over 11.93 lakh metric tonnes. Similarly, over 8.58 lakh MT paddy has arrived in mandis of Kaithal, over 7.86 lakh MT in Ambala, over 8.22 lakh MT Fatehabad, over 6.04 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, over 3.75 lakh MT in Jind, over 2.07 lakh MT in Sirsa, over 1.30 lakh MT in Panipat, over 1.30 lakh MT in Panchkula, 78,596 MT in Palwal, 34,673 MT in Rohtak, 28,549 MT in Jhajjar and 2,459 MT in Gurugram.

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