Record wheat arrival in Haryana mandis

Chandigarh, May 17 (UNI) The arrival of wheat in Haryana mandis has set a new record during the current rabi season as 33.50 lakh metric tonnes (MTs) of wheat has alreday arrived as against 30.20 lakh MTs during the last season.

In wheat procurement also, a new record has been set up with the government agencies procuring 30.09 lakh MTs as against the total procurement of 22.30 lakh MTs last year.

Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan said out of the total wheat arrival, 30.09 lakh MTs was purchased by the procurement agencies and 3.40 lakh MTs by the traders.

He said HAFED had procured 11.60 lakh MTs of wheat, Food and Supplies Department 7.25 lakh MTs, Food Corporation of India 3.22 lakh MTs, Agro Industries Corporation 2.96 lakh MTs and Haryana Warehousing Corporation 2.65 lakh MTs and Confed 2.39 lakh MTs.

The Deputy Chief Minister said Sirsa district was leading in in the state with arrival of 6.11 lakh MTs, followed by Fatehabad 4.67 lakh MTs, Karnal 4.28 lakh MTs, Kaithal 4.26 lakh MTs, Jind 4.13 lakh MTs, Kurukshetra 2.87 lakh MTs and Panipat 1.49 lakh MTs.

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