The government procuring agencies and traders in Haryana have purchased more than 71.92 lakh metric tonnes of wheat so far during the current season.
The procurement process was running smoothly in the mandis (grain markets), said a spokesman of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department.
Haryana is targeting wheat arrival of over 75 lakh tonnes during this Rabi season
Giving details of the wheat procured by government agencies, he said that over 28.50 lakh metric tonnes has been procured by Haryana State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation limited (HAFED) has purchased of wheat, whereas Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department has purchased more than 21.27 lakh MT wheat. He said that Food Corporation of India has purchased over 8.95 lakh MT wheat and Haryana Warehousing Corporation has purchased over 13.18 lakh MT of wheat.
The spokesman said that district Sirsa is leading in wheat arrival where over 8.69 lakh MT of the crop had been procured followed by Karnal, which recorded more than 8.03 lakh MT wheat arrival.
Similarly, over 6.79 lakh MT wheat have been procured in Jind, more than 6.54 lakh MT in Kaithal, over 5.76 lakh MT in Fatehabad and more than 5.22 lakh MT in Kurukshetra. Meanwhile, the cooperative sugar mills in Haryana have crushed 385.08 lakh quintal of sugarcane and produced over 38.83 lakh quintals of sugar so far during the ongoing crushing season. The spokesman said that cooperative sugar mill Shahabad has so far crushed a maximum of 69.21 lakh quintals of sugarcane and has produced over 7.30 lakh quintals of sugar, followed by cooperative sugar mill Rohtak which has crushed 57.64 lakh quintals of sugarcane, producing over 5.70 lakh quintals of sugar.