Over 7.2 mn tonnes of wheat arrive in Haryana

Of this, over 1.78 mn tonnes have been procured by Food & Supplies Dept, 2.59 mn tonnes by HAFED

More than 7.2 million metric tonnes of wheat have arrived in the mandis of Haryana till Thursday.

The five government procuring agencies have purchased over 7.2 million metric tonnes while traders have purchased more than 6,834 metric tonnes at the minimum support price.

Stating this here today, a spokesperson of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department said the procurement process was running smoothly in the mandis.

Giving details of the wheat procured by government agencies, he said that more than 1.78 million tonnes of wheat have been procured by Food and Supplies Department, whereas HAFED has purchased more than 2.59 million tonnes.

The official said that Food Corporation of India has purchased more than 850,000 tonnes, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation purchased more than 661,000 tonnes and over 1.33 million tonnes have been procured by Haryana Warehousing Corporation.

He said that district Sirsa was leading, which accounted for more than 1.03 million tonnes of wheat that so far arrived in the mandis.