Monday, October 15, 2012

15.36 lakh metric tons of paddy arrive in Haryana mandis

by Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, OCT 15
More than 15.36 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has sofar arrived in various Mandis of Haryana during current Kharif season as compared to over 14.60 lakh meteric tonnes of paddy arrived during the corresponding period last year.
          While stating this here today, a spokesman of Haryana Food and Supplies Department said that out of the total arrival of paddy, maximum quantity of paddy has arrived in district Kurukshetra which is over 4.41 lakh metric tonnes. Similarly, district Karnal received over 4.27 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, district Kaithal over 2.83 lakh metric tonnes, Ambala received more than  1.31 lakh metric tonnes, Fatehabad over 1.10 lakh metric tonnes, Yamunanagar 62,831 metric tonnes, Panchkula 30,178 metric tonnes, Sirsa 17,876 metric tonnes, Panipat 10,665 metric tonnes, Jind 15,358 metric tonnes and Sonepat 1111 metric tonnes.
          He said that out of the total arrival of paddy, six government agencies had so far procured over 14.80 lakh metric tonnes of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of 55,519 metric tonnes of paddy was procured by the millers.
          He said that out of the total paddy procured by the agencies, over 6.17 lakh metric tonnes had been procured by Food and Supplies Department whereas HAFED had purchased more than 4.42 lakh metric tonnes, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation over 2.38 lakh metric tonnes, Haryana Warehousing Corporation 95,083 metric tonnes, and CONFED procured 87,117 metric tonnes of paddy.

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