Tonnes of wheat arrive in Haryana

Source: PTI

In Haryana, 1,16,447 tonnes of wheat has so far arrived in the grain markets of the State until yesterday during the current procurement season. Out of the total arrival, 1,16,256 tonnes have been purchased by the government procurement agencies at Minimum Support Price, a spokesman of the State's Food and Supplies Department said here on Thursday. He said that the procurement process was running smoothly in the 'mandis' of the State.

Giving details of the wheat procured by government agencies, he said that 38,090 tonnes of wheat has been procured by Food and Supplies Department, whereas Haryana State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (HAFED) has purchased 10,945 tonnes of wheat. He said that Food Corporation of India has purchased 25,271 tonnes of wheat, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation has purchased 1,162 tonnes and 40,779 tonnes of wheat has been procured by Haryana Warehousing Corporation.

He said that apart from this, 191 tonnes of wheat have been procured by traders. The spokesman said that district Palwal was leading in wheat arrival where 31,209 tonnes of the crop had arrived in the mandis followed by district Faridabad, which recorded 25,755 tonnes of wheat arrival.

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