Friday, October 19, 2012

21.25 lakh metric tonnes of paddy procured in Haryana

by Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, OCT 19
More than 21.25 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has sofar arrived in various Mandis of Haryana during current Kharif season as compared to over 19.10 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 5.72 lakh metric tonnes. Similarly, district Karnal received over 5.59 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, district Kaithal over 3.69 lakh metric tonnes, Fatehabad over 2.08 lakh metric tonnes, Ambala received more than 1.83 lakh metric tonnes, Yamunanagar 98,409 metric tonnes, Panchkula 39,735 metric tonnes, Jind 32,179 metric tonnes, Sirsa 31,401 metric tonnes, Panipat 19,795 metric tonnes and Sonepat 3065 metric tonnes.
            He said that out of the total arrival of paddy, six government agencies had so far procured over 20.28 lakh metric tonnes of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of 97,637 metric tonnes of paddy was procured by the millers.
            He said that out of the total paddy procured by the agencies, over 8.28 lakh metric tonnes had been procured by Food and Supplies Department whereas HAFED had purchased more than 6.16 lakh metric tonnes, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation over 3.22 lakh metric tonnes, Haryana Warehousing Corporation 1.33 lakh metric tonnes and CONFED procured 1.26 lakh metric tonnes of paddy.

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