Haryana grain markets see arrival of 49 lakh tonnes wheat

Wheat arrival in the grain markets of Haryana during the current procurement season touched 48,76,910 tonnes.

In comparison, only 9,44,520 tonnes of wheat had arrived in the 'mandis' during the corresponding period last year, a spokesman of the State's Food and Supplies Department said here today.

He said that the procurement process was running smoothly in the mandis of the state.

The spokesman also said that out of the total arrival, 48,76,660 tonnes have been purchased by the government procurement agencies at Minimum Support Price.

Giving details of the wheat procured by government agencies, he said that more than 13.23 lakh tonnes of wheat has been procured by Food and Supplies Department, whereas HAFED has purchased 16.76 lakh MT of wheat.
 

He said that Food Corporation of India has purchased 5.40 lakh tonnes of wheat, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation has purchased 4.41 lakh tonnes, and 8.93 lakh tonnes of wheat have been procured by Haryana Warehousing Corporation.

He said that apart from this, 250 tonnes of wheat have been procured by traders.

Sirsa district was leading in wheat arrival where more than 5.52 lakh tonnes have so far arrived in the mandis. District Karnal has recorded arrival of more than 5.41 lakh tonnes followed by district Kaithal with more than 5.26 lakh tonnes of the crop arrival.