About 14.71 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so far arrived in the mandis (grain markets) of Haryana.
“Around10.92 lakh MT of paddy had arrived during the corresponding period last year in the state, said a spokesman of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department on Friday.
Out of the total arrival, 14,66,724 MT of paddy was leviable. While the government procurement agencies have purchased 14,55,779 MT of paddy, the millers and dealers have purchased 16,184 MT of paddy, said he.
Referring to arrival of paddy in the mandis of different districts, he said that so far, 4.81 lakh MT have arrived in Kurukshetra, 3.37 lakh MT in Karnal, 2.42 lakh MT in Kaithal, 2.20 lakh MT in Ambala, 1.01 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, 39,115 MT in Panchkula, 21,528 MT in Jind, 15,450 MT in Fatehabad, 9,144 MT in Rohtak, 2,470 MT in Sonepat and 748 MT in Palwal, and 358 MT paddy has arrived in Hisar.
He said that out of the total arrival, 6.73 lakh MT of paddy have been purchased by Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, 4.96 lakh MT by HAFED, 1.74 lakh MT by the Haryana Agro-Industries Corporation, 1.10 lakh MT by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation and 1,319 MT by Food Corporation of India.
Around 7,740 MT of bajra has arrived in the mandis, as compared to 2579 MT during the corresponding period last year, he added.