More than 49.53 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy have arrived in the mandis (grain markets) of Haryana till now during the current Kharif season.
Out of the total arrival, 40.75 lakh MT paddy has been purchased by government procurement agencies, said a spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department on Monday.
During this period last year, 35.95 lakh MT paddy had arrived in the mandis.
The spokesman said that out of the total arrival of paddy, 43.26 lakh MT were of grade A and general category, more than 13,555 lakh MT were Sharbati, more than 1.73 lakh MT Muchhal and more than 4.40 lakh MT were Basmati.
Giving information about paddy procurement, he said that more than 18.50 lakh MT of paddy have been purchased by the Food and Supplies Department, over 14.50 lakh MT have been purchased by Hafed, 4.24 lakh MT by Haryana Agro-industries Corporation and 3.49 lakh MT by Haryana Warehousing Corporation.
Karnal had received the maximum amount of paddy at 10.70 lakh MT. Of the total arrival, more than 9.91 lakh MT paddy has arrived in Kurukshetra, over 8.53 lakh MT in Ambala, 6.11 lakh MT in Kaithal,4.26 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, 4.24 lakh MT in Fatehabad and more than 1.83 lakh MT in Jind.