More than 64.98 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of wheat has so far arrived in various grain markets (mandis) in Haryana during the current procurement season as compared to over 58.70 lakh metric tonnes arrived during the corresponding period last year.
A spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department said that the government agencies have procured 64.95 lakh MT of wheat whereas, 2813 MT of wheat have been purchased by traders.He said that HAFED has purchased highest 25.18 lakh MT of wheat followed by over 18.00 lakh MT purchased by Food and Supplies Department. Similarly, Agro Industries Corporation has purchased over 5.78 lakh MT, Haryana Warehousing Corporation around 6.35 lakh MT, CONFED over 1.63 lakh MT and Food Corporation of India had procured nearly 8.00 lakh MT of wheat during current procurement season so far.
The spokesman said that district Sirsa is leading in the wheat arrival where over 9.63 lakh MT of wheat has arrived in the mandis, followed by Fatehabad with 7.09 lakh MT. Similarly, over 6.60 lakh MT wheat arrived in Karnal, 6.10 lakh MT in Jind, over 5.96 lakh MT in district Kaithal, 4.60 lakh MT of wheat in Hisar