57.44 lakh metric tonnes of paddy arrives in Haryana mandis

CHANDIGARH, OCT 29

More than 57.44 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so far arrived in Haryana Mandis as compared to over 55.37 lakh MT of paddy arrived during the corresponding period last year.

          While stating this here today, a spokesman of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department said that out of the total arrival of paddy, government agencies had so far procured over 55.19 lakh MT of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of over 2.24 lakh MT of paddy was procured by the millers.

         He said that more than 30.59 lakh MT of paddy have purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department. Over 16.95 lakh MT by Hafed, over 7.62 lakh MT have been purchased by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation and 2,279 MT have been purchased by the Food Corporation of India.

          He said that more than 15.79 lakh MT paddy has arrived in mandis of Karnal, 10.98 lakh MT in Kurukshetra, over 7.45 lakh MT in Ambala and over 6.42 lakh MT in Kaithal. Similarly, over 6.29 lakh MT Fatehabad, 5.23 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, over 1.31 lakh MT in Panchkula, over 1.21 lakh MT in Palwal, 85,938 MT in Jind, 68,792 MT in Sirsa, 47,279 MT in Sonepat, 26,944 MT in Panipat, 25,733 MT in Hisar, 11,483 MT in Faridabad, 3,460 in Mewat and 1,811 MT in Rohtak.

          He said that more than 1.96 lakh metric tonnes of bajra has arrived in the mandis of Haryana so far, whereas 1.52 lakh metric tonnes of bajra had arrived in the last year so far. Out of the total arrival of bajra, more than 1.94 lakh metric tonnes have been procured by government procurement agencies.

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