Haryana Government on Saturday claimed it has surpassed last year’s level on wheat procurement up to May 2, despite a slow start initially. A Government spokesman said that 57,99,958 metric tones of wheat has been procured by State agencies against 56,68,773 metric tones on this day last year. "This was despite the late start and nails the Opposition propaganda on slow pace of wheat procurement in Haryana," an official added.
Out of the total procurement this year, 57,99,833 metric tonnes has been procured by government agencies and the remaining 125 metric tonnes has been mopped up by the traders. A spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department said that over 17.17 lakh metric tonnes of wheat had been procured by the Food and Supplies Department, over 25.05 lakh metric tonnes by HAFED, over 6.13 lakh metric tonnes by Agro, over 9.57 lakh metric tonnes by Haryana Warehousing Corporation, 5800 metric tonnes by Confed and 125 metric tonnes of wheat was purchased by traders.
So far, Sirsa district is leading in wheat arrivals where over 8.03 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has arrived in the mandis, followed by district Karnal with over 6.35 lakh metric tonnes of wheat. Similarly, district Kaithal had recorded an arrival of over 5.60 lakh metric tonnes, district Jind had recorded an arrival of over 5.59 lakh metric tonnes, district Fatehabad over 5.46 lakh metric tonnes and district Kurukshetra over 4.31 lakh metric tonnes.
District Hisar over 4.12 lakh metric tonnes, district Sonipat over 3.37 lakh metric tonnes, district Bhiwani over 2.36 lakh metric tonnes, district Panipat over 2.31 lakh metric tonnes, district Ambala over 2.03 lakh metric tonnes, district Yamunanagar over 1.74 lakh metric tonnes, district Rohtak over 1.71 lakh metric tonnes, district Palwal over 1.22 lakh metric tonnes, district Jhajjar over 1.08 lakh metric tonnes, district Mewat 57,402 metric tonnes, district Narnaul 35,792 metric tonnes, district Gurgaon 38,971 metric tonnes, district Rewari 36,766 metric tonnes and district Panchkula 26,725 metric tonnes.