During the current Kharif season, more than 12.45 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has arrived in the mandis (grain markets) of Haryana till October 8.
During this period last year, 7.66 lakh MT paddy had arrived in the mandis.
A spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department said that of the total arrival, more than 11.93 lakh MT paddy was leviable and 52,576 MT paddy was non-leviable.
While government procurement agencies have purchased more than 11.19 lakh MT paddy, millers and dealers have purchased 1.26 lakh MT paddy.
He added that Kurukshetra had received the maximum amount of paddy at more than 3.66 lakh MT.
Of the total arrival, over 3.02 lakh MT paddy has arrived in Karnal, more than 2.02 lakh MT in Kaithal, over 1.74 lakh MT in Ambala, 80,608 MT in Yamunanagar, 37,340 MT in Panchkula, 48,527 MT in Fatehabad, 14,287 MT in Sirsa, 15,592 MT in Jind, 2,069 MT in Hisar, 1,682 MT in Sonipat and 337 MT in Faridabad.
The Food and Supplies Department has purchased more than 5.23 lakh MT of paddy, more than 4.14 lakh MT have been purchased by Hafed, 1.15 lakh MT have been purchased by the Haryana Agro-industries Corporation and 65,894 MT have been purchased by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation.