More than 65.37 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so far arrived in Haryana during the current procurement season.
Over 59.32 lakh MT of paddy had arrived during the corresponding period last year in the state, said a spokesman of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department.
He said that out of the total arrival of paddy, Government agencies had so far procured over 57.88 lakh MT of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of over 7.49 lakh MT of paddy was procured by the millers.
More than 26.81 lakh MT of paddy have purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department. Over 19.07 lakh MT by Hafed, over 6.33 lakh MT have been purchased by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation, more than 5.49 lakh MT by the Haryana Agro-industries Corporation and 18,073 MT have been purchased by the Food Corporation of India, said the spokesman.
Giving details of the districts, he said that more than 14.44 lakh MT paddy has arrived in mandis (grain markets) of Karnal, over 11.86 lakh MT in Kurukshetra, over 8.27 lakh MT in Kaithal and over 7.81 lakh MT in Ambala.
Similarly, over 7.88 lakh MT paddy in Fatehabad, more than 5.99 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, 3.33 lakh MT in Jind, 1.87 lakh MT in Sirsa, 1.30 lakh MT in Panipat, 1.28 lakh MT in Panchkula, 77,174 MT in Palwal, 29,077 MT in Rohtak, 22,738 MT in Jhajjar and 2,459 MT paddy has arrived in Gurugram.