Wheat arrival in the mandis (grain markets) of Haryana has touched a new high of 58.59 lakh metric tonnes (MT) as compared to 35.33 lakh MT wheat that had arrived in the mandis during the corresponding period last year.
A spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department said that the procurement process was running smoothly in the mandis of the State. He said that out of the total arrival, 58,58,958 MT of wheat have been purchased by the government procurement agencies at Minimum Support Price.
It is expected that 75 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of wheat will arrive in the mandis of Haryana during the current Rabi season-2016.
Giving details of the wheat procured by government agencies, he said that more than 21.16 lakh MT of wheat has been procured by HAFED, whereas Food and Supplies Department has purchased over 15.56 lakh MT of wheat.
Haryana Warehousing Corporation purchased over 10.25 lakh MT of wheat, Food Corporation of India more than 6.42 lakh MT and over 5.17 lakh MT of wheat have been procured by Haryana Agro Industries Corporation. Apart from this, 596 MT of wheat have been procured by traders.
District Sirsa was leading in wheat arrival where more than 8.19 lakh MT of wheat have so far arrived in the mandis. Karnal has recorded arrival of more than 6.23 lakh MT, Jind more than 5.83 lakh MT, Kaithal 5.60 lakh MT, Fatehabad received more than 4.68 lakh MT and Kurukshetra more than 4.51 lakh MT.