Out of the total arrival of 43.01 lakh metric tonnes of wheat in the mandis (grain markets) of Haryana since the beginning of the procurement season on April 1, as many as 43 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of wheat has been procured by the government procurement agencies at the minimum support price.
A spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department said that the procurement process was running smoothly in all mandis of the state.
While 12,03,953 MT of wheat has been procured by the Food and Supplies Department, HAFED has procured14,40,734 MT wheat. The Food Corporation of india has purchased 4,78,562 MT of wheat, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation 3,66,297 MT and Haryana Warehousing Corporation has procured 8,11,439 MT wheat. Apart from this, 250 MT of wheat has been purchased by the traders, he added.
Referring to the wheat arrival in different districts, he said that Jind topped the list with 4,83,753 MT, Kaithal 4,77,723 MT , Karnal 4,77,306 MT, Sirsa 4,31,987 MT, Kurukshetra 3,35,098 metric tonnes and Fatehabad 2,78,685 metric tonnes.