Haryana Govt disburses over Rs 2000 crore for wheat purchase

Chandigarh, June 4 (UNI) The Haryana Government has disbursed the payment of Rs 2826.72 crore to the farmers of the state so far for the purchase of their 33.25 lakh metric tonnes of wheat during the current rabi season.

While stating this here today, the Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan said that HAFED had purchased 12.82 lakh metric tonnes of wheat and had disbursed a sum of Rs 1090.41 crore, Food and Supplies Department had procured 8.08 lakh metric tonnes of wheat and payment of Rs 687.29 crore had been made. Similarly, Food Corporation of India had procured 3.47 lakh MTs of wheat and disbursed a sum of Rs 294.98 crore to the farmers.

Mr Mohan further said that Agro Industries Corporation had purchased 3.31 lakh metric tonnes of wheat and paid a sum of Rs 282.01 crore. Similarly, Haryana Warehousing Corporation had procured 2.90 lakh metric tonnes of wheat and disbursed a sum of Rs 246.66 crore. He said that Confed had purchased 2.65 lakh metric tonnes and the payment of Rs 225.37 crore was made to the farmers.

He said that a total of 36.87 lakh metric tonnes of wheat had arrived in the 360 mandis of the State so far and and 90 per cent of the total arrival had been purchased by these six government procuring agencies. while the traders had purchased 3.61 lakh MTs of wheat so far.

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