27.84 lakh tonnes of paddy has arrived in various mandis of Haryana

AHMEDABAD: More than 27.84 lakh tonnes of paddy has arrived in various mandis of Haryana till date during current Kharif season as compared to over 24.44 lakh metric tonnes of paddy arrived during the corresponding period last year.

A spokesman of Haryana Food and Supplies Department said that on Wednesday, 75,112 tonnes of paddy had arrived, which included 63,714 tonnes of leviable paddy, 11,398 tonnes of non-leviable paddy, 61,846 tonnes of Grade-A and 1868 tonnes of common paddy. He said that out of the total arrival of paddy, maximum quantity of paddy has arrived in district Kurukshetra which is over 6.91 lakh tonnes, followed by Karnal at 6.69 lakh tonnes of paddy and district Kaithal over 4.69 lakh tonnes.

Out of the total arrival of paddy, six government agencies had so far procured over 26.13 lakh tonnes of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of over 1.71 lakh tonnes of paddy was procured by the millers.

Out of the total paddy procured by the agencies, over 10.70 lakh tonnes had been procured by Food and Supplies Department whereas HAFED had purchased more than 7.91 lakh tonnes, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation over 4.09 lakh tonnes, Haryana Warehousing Corporation 1.78 lakh tonnes and CONFED procured 1.62 lakh tonnes of paddy. The Food Corporation of India has also procured 343 tonnes of paddy.