More than 52.27 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy have arrived in the mandis (grain markets) of Haryana during the current Kharif season.
Out of total arrival, 41.86 lakh MT paddy has been purchased by Government procurement agencies. During this period last year, over 39.66 lakh MT paddy had arrived in the mandis, said a spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department on Sunday.
He said that out of the total arrival of paddy, more than 44.48 lakh MT were of Grade A and general category, 13,911 MT were Sharbati, over 1.95 lakh MT Muchhal and more than 5.69 lakh MT were Basmati.
Giving detailed information about paddy procurement, the spokesman of the Department said that more than 19.07 lakh MT of paddy have been purchased by the Food and Supplies Department, over 14.83 lakh MT have been purchased by Hafed, 4.33 lakh MT have been purchased by the Haryana Agro-industries Corporation and over 3.61 lakh MT have been purchased by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation.
He added that Karnal had received the maximum amount of paddy more than 11.30 lakh MT. Of the total arrival, more than 10.07 lakh MT paddy has arrived in Kurukshetra, more than 6.68 lakh MT in Ambala, more than 6.52 lakh MT in Kaithal and more than 4.52 lakh MT in Fatehabad
Similarly, 39,569 MT arrived in Hisar, 23,707 MT in Faridabad, 21,735 MT in Rohtak, 10,290 MT in Jhajjar, 4,420 MT in Mewat and 3,544 MT in Gurgaon.