The arrival and procurement of paddy crop in Haryana is much higher this year, officials of the State's food and supplies department said on Tuesday.
"During the current kharif season, more than 44.94 lakh tonnes of paddy has arrived in the mandis of Haryana till November 2. During this period last year, 31.12 lakh tonnes of paddy had arrived in the mandis," a spokesman of the food and supplies department said here.
The date of paddy procurement's beginning was brought back to September 25 this year instead of the normal procurement date of October 1. The arrival of paddy is much higher than the 36 lakh tonnes target set by the department this year.
A spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department said that of the total arrival, more than 40.85 lakh MT paddy was leviable and 4.08 lakh MT paddy was non-leviable. While government procurement agencies have purchased more than 38.75 lakh MT paddy, millers and dealers have purchased 6.18 lakh MT paddy.
He said that district Kurukshetra had received the maximum amount of 9.78lakh MT paddy. Of the total arrival, more than 9.76 lakh MT paddy has arrived in d Karnal, more than 5.61 lakh MT in Kaithal, more than 6.23 lakh MT in Ambala, 4.01 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, 3.87 lakh MT in Fatehabad, 40,399 MT in Sonepat, 1.17 lakh MT in Panchkula, 1.25 lakh MT in Sirsa, 1.38 lakh MT in Jind, 27, 213 MT in Hisar, 13,604 MT in Faridabad, 84,873 MT in Palwal, 8594 MT in Rohtak, 3,246 MT in Gurgaon, 2,739 MT in Mewat and 4,576 MT in Jhajjar.
While the Food and Supplies Department has purchased more than 17.81lakh MT of paddy, more than 13.73 lakh MT have been purchased by Hafed, 4.05 lakh MT have been purchased by the Haryana Agro-industries Corporation and 3.15 lakh MT have been purchased by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation, said the spokesman.
During the current Kharif season, 20031 metric tonnes (MT) of Bajra have arrived till Monday and the entire produce has been purchased by the dealers and government agencies. During the corresponding period last year, 15,922 MT of Bajra had arrived.
The spokesman added that the each and every grain of the farmers produce fulfilling the norms would be purchased.