More than 42.83 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so far arrived in the mandis (grain markets) of Haryana as against 34.24 lakh MT arrived during corresponding period last year.
Out of the total arrival, more than 42.25 lakh MT of paddy is leviable. The government procurement agencies have procured about 42 lakh MT of paddy and 83,790 MT has been procured by millers and dealers, said a spokesman of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department.
The spokesman said that about 10.30 lakh MT paddy has arrived in mandis of Kurukshetra, 9.20 lakh MT in Karnal, over 6.29 lakh MT in Ambala, over 5.80 lakh MT in Kaithal, more than 3.71 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, over 3.54 lakh MT in Fatehabad, more than 1.11 lakh MT in Jind, more than one lakh MT in Panchkula, 94,139 MT in Sirsa, 58,237 MT in Palwal, 13,608 MT in Hisar, 10,642 MT in Sonipat, 5,512 MT in Faridabad, 1,113 MT in Mewat, 602 MT in Rohtak and 167 MT in Jhajjar.
He said that more than 18.45 lakh MT of paddy has been purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, more than 14.27 lakh MT by HAFED, 4.96 lakh MT by the Haryana Agro-industries Corporation, more than 4.10 lakh MT by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation and 20,166 MT by Food Corporation of India.