More than 37.15 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 37.12 lakh metric tonnes and traders have purchased 3,000 metric tonnes of wheat at Minimum Support Price.
A spokesman of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department said the procurement process was running smoothly in the mandis.
Giving details of the wheat procured by Government agencies, he said that more than 9.36 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been procured by Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, whereas Haryana State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation limited (HAFED) has purchased more than 12.54 lakh metric tonnes of wheat. He said that Food Corporation of India has purchased more than 4.25 lakh metric tonnes of wheat, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation have purchased more than 3.09 lakh metric tonnes and more than 7.85 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been procured by Haryana Warehousing Corporation.
The spokesman said that district Kaithal was leading in wheat arrival where more than 4.71 lakh metric tonnes of the crop had been procured followed by Karnal, which recorded more than 4.61 lakh metric tonnes of wheat arrival.
Similarly, more than 3.86 lakh metric tonnes of wheat have been arrived in Jind, more than 2.59 lakh metric tonnes in Palwal, more than 2.52 lakh metric tonnes in Sonepat, over 2.91 lakh metric tonnes in Kurukshetra, more than 1.89 lakh metric tonnes in Panipat, over 1.95 lakh metric tonnes in Fatehabad and over 1.52 lakh metric tonnes in Ambala.
He added that more than 1.69 lakh metric tonnes of wheat had arrived in Hisar, over one lakh metric tonnes in Rohtak, 77,782 metric tonnes in Faridabad, 76,017 metric tonnes in Yamunanagar, 75,176 metric tonnes in Bhiwani, 56,351 metric tonnes in Mewat, 44,150 metric tonnes in Jhajjar.