More than 41.25 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has arrived in the grain markets (mandis) of Haryana during the ongoing procurement session.
Out of the total arrival, government procuring agencies have procured over 39.92 lakh metric tonnes whereas 1.32 lakh metric tonnes of paddy is purchased by millers and dealers, said a spokesman of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department.
He said out of the total arrival, more than 18.83 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has been purchased by Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, over 13.35 lakh metric tonnes by HAFED, 3.75 lakh metric tonnes by the Haryana Agro Industries Corporation, 3.89 lakh metric tonnes by Haryana Warehousing Corporation and 7,568 metric tonnes has been purchased by the Food Corporation of India.
Giving details of arrival in mandis of different districts, the spokesman said thatthe maximum quantity of paddy has arrived in district Karnal which is over 10.11 lakh metric tonnes followed by district Kurukshetra with paddy arrival of more than 9.89 lakh metric tonnes.
Similarly, district Kaithal received over 6.28 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, district Ambala 5.68 lakh metric tonnes, Yamunanagar more than 3.22 lakh metric tonnes, Panchkula 91,393 metric tonnes, Fatehabad over 3.04 lakh metric tonnes, Jind over 1.01 lakh metric tonnes, Sirsa 56,211 metric tonnes, Panipat 26,752 metric tonnes, Palwal 1,975 metric tonnes, Rohtak 1,940 metric tonnes and Jhajjar 3,110 metric tonnes, said the spokesman.
About arrival of Bajra, he said 23,136 metric tonnes of Bajra has arrived so far in mandis, out of which Government procuring agencies have procured over 19,056 metric tonnes and 4,080 metric tonnes of Bajra is purchased by millers and dealers.
He said out of the total arrival, 2,926 metric tonnes of bajra has been purchased by Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, 14,582 metric tonnes by HAFED and 1,548 metric tonnes has been purchased by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation.
While referring to arrival of Bajra in mandis of different districts, the spokesman said that 7,612 metric tonnes of Bajra has arrived in district Jhajjar, 5,529 metric tonnes in Rewari, 4,584 metric tonnes in Narnaul, 3,015 metric tonnes in Bhiwani, 1,743 metric tonnes in Gurgaon, 366 metric tonnes in Rohtak and 287 metric tonnes in Jind.