More than 72.83 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has so far arrived in the mandis (grain markets) of Haryana.
Out of the total arrived wheat, the five government procuring agencies have purchased over 72.76 lakh metric tonnes and traders have purchased more than 6,854 metric tonnes of wheat at Minimum Support Price, said a spokesman of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department.
Giving details of the wheat procured by government agencies, he said that more than 17.97 lakh MT of wheat has been procured by Food and Supplies Department, whereas HAFED has procured over 26.24 lakh MT of wheat.
Food Corporation of India has purchased more than 8.53 lakh MT of wheat, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation has purchased more than 6.69 lakh MT and over 13.32 lakh MT of wheat has been procured by Haryana Warehousing Corporation.