About 15,027 metric tonnes (MT) of wheat has so far arrived in the mandis (grain markets) of Haryana during the ongoing procurement season.
Out of it, 14,843MT has been purchased by the Government procurement agencies at Minimum Support Price, said a spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department.
He said that 1,446MT of wheat has been procured by Food and Supplies Department, whereas
HAFED has purchased 454MT of wheat.
He said that Food Corporation of India has purchased 3,000MT of wheat, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation purchased 56 metric tonnes and 9,887MT of wheat has been procured by Haryana Warehousing Corporation. Apart from this, 184MT of wheat has been procured by traders.
District Mewat is leading in wheat arrival where 9,768MT of wheat has so far arrived in the mandis. Jhajjar has recorded arrival of 1773 MT of wheat, district Faridabad 1703 MT, Yamunanagar 424MT, Rewari 567MT, Narnaul 336MT and Ambala has recorded arrival of 21MT of wheat in the mandis.
About 75 lakh MT of wheat is expected to arrive in the mandis of Haryana during the Rabi season-2016.