Food grain producing States Punjab and Haryana have procured over 182 lakh tonnes of wheat, said officials on Thursday.
Haryana has procured more than 64.95 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of wheat during the current procurement season as compared to over 58.68 lakh metric tonnes arrived during the corresponding period last year. Punjab has procured 11866293 tonnes of wheat.
A spokesman of Haryana Food and Supplies Department said that the government agencies have procured 64.92 lakh MT of wheat whereas, 2813 MT of wheat have been purchased by traders. He said that HAFED has purchased highest 25.16 lakh MT of wheat followed by over 17.99 lakh MT purchased by Food and Supplies Department. Similarly, Agro Industries Corporation has purchased over 5.78 lakh MT, Haryana Warehousing Corporation over 6.35 lakh MT, CONFED over 1.63 lakh MT and Food Corporation of India had procured over 8 lakh MT of wheat during current procurement season so far.
In Haryana, district Sirsa is leading in the wheat arrival where over 9.63 lakh MT of wheat has arrived in the mandis, followed by Fatehabad with 7.08 lakh MT.
A spokesperson of Punjab Government said that the state government has deposited `15777.68 crore in the accounts of farmers till Wednesday evening making timely payments to the farmers.
He said that Sangrur is leading in wheat production and till now, Rs 1399.38 crore have been deposited in the farmers’ accounts in the district.