More than 67.01 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so far arrived in Haryana as compared to over 62.46 lakh MT of paddy arrived during the corresponding period last year.
Out of the total arrival of paddy, government agencies had so far procured over 58.50 lakh MT of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of over 8.50 lakh MT of paddy was procured by the millers, said a spokesman of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department.
He said that more than 27.18 lakh MT of paddy have been purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department. Over 19.17 lakh MT by Hafed, more than 6.40 lakh MT have been purchased by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation, over 5.55 lakh MT by the Haryana Agro-industries Corporation and 19,585 MT have been purchased by the FCI.
Giving details of arrival in mandis (grain markets) of different districts, the spokesman said that out of the total arrival of paddy, the maximum quantity of paddy has arrived in Karnal which is over 14.47 lakh metric tonnes followed by Kurukshetra over 11.93 lakh metric tonnes.
Meanwhile, the cooperative sugar mills in Haryana have so far produced over 1.28 lakh quintal sugar by crushing 22.19 lakh quintal sugarcane during the current crushing season.
Cooperative Sugar Mill, Rohtak had produced the maximum of 36,330 quintal sugar by crushing 5.26 lakh quintal sugarcane, the spokesman said.
He said that Cooperative Sugar Mill, Shahabad has produced 20,600 quintal by crushing 3.46 lakh quintal sugarcane, followed by Cooperative Sugar Mill, Kaithal, which has produced 14,350 quintal by crushing 2.41 lakh quintal sugarcane and Cooperative Sugar Mill, Jind which has produced 13,300 quintal by crushing 1.98 lakh quintal sugarcane.