Haryana has procured more than 64.84 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of wheat during the current procurement season as compared to over 58.67 lakh metric tonnes arrived during the corresponding period last year.
A spokesman of Haryana Food and Supplies Department said that the government agencies have procured 64.81 lakh MT of wheat whereas, 2788 MT of wheat have been purchased by traders.
He said that HAFED has purchased highest 25.12 lakh MT of wheat followed by over 17.95 lakh MT purchased by Food and Supplies Department. Similarly, Agro Industries Corporation has purchased 5.76 lakh MT, Haryana Warehousing Corporation over 6.34 lakh MT, CONFED more than 1.62 lakh MT and Food Corporation of India had procured over 7.99 lakh MT of wheat during current procurement season so far.
The spokesperson said that district Sirsa is leading in the wheat arrival where over 9.58 lakh MT of wheat has arrived in the grains markets (mandis), followed by Fatehabad with 7.07 lakh MT. Similarly, over 6.59 lakh MT wheat arrived in Karnal, 6.08 lakh MT in Jind, 5.96 lakh MT in district Kaithal, 4.58 lakh MT of wheat in Hisar, over 4.56 lakh MT in Kurukshetra, 3.23 lakh MT in Sonepat, over 2.53 lakh MT in Panipat, 2.21 lakh MT in Bhiwani, 2.18 lakh MT in Ambala, over 2.15 lakh MT in Rohtak, 2.18 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, over 2.04 lakh MT in Palwal, 1.20 lakh MT in Jhajjar, 87,376 MT in Faridabad, 50,677 MT in Mewat, 43,760 MT in Gurgaon, 30,484 MT in Rewari, 28,484 MT in Panchkula and 21,265 MT wheat arrived in various mandis in Narnaul.
“The farmers have been asked to bring dry and properly cleaned wheat in the mandis so that they might not face any difficulty while selling their produce,” added the spokesperson.