95,773 metric tonnes of bajra and 32.42 lakh metric tonnes of paddy have been procured in the State.

Chandigarh, October 16: Haryana Minister of State for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Mr Karan Dev Kamboj said that the arrival of bajra and paddy crops in Mandis of the State, is being fully procured. So far, 95,773 metric tonnes of bajra and 32.42 lakh metric tonnes of paddy have been procured in the State.

Mr Kamboj said that out of the total arrival of bajra in Mandis, 94,139 metric tonnes have been procured by government agencies and 1,634 metric tonnes by traders. Last year, during this period, 18,073 metric tonnes of bajra was procured. He said that so far, 30.96 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has been procured by government agencies and 1.45 lakh metric tonnes by traders.

Under this, last year, common paddy was procured at Rs 1,550 and Rs 1,590 for grade A, now this year, the price of paddy has been increased to Rs 1,750 and Rs 1,770 respectively. Similarly, last year, the price of bajra was procured at Rs 1,425, which has been increased this year to Rs 1,950 per quintal.

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