58.80 lakh tonnes of wheat procured in Haryana

CHANDIGARH: As much as 58.80 lakh tonnes of wheat has arrived so far in Haryana during the current procurement season.

Out of it, over 58.71 lakh tonnes of wheat has been procured by Government agencies at the minimum support price and 9,232 tonnes has been purchased by private millers and traders, a spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department said here today.

He said HAFED has procured over 22.77 lakh tonnes of wheat while Food and Supplies Department had procured over 14.61 metric tonnes.

Other agencies that procured wheat were Food Corporation of India (over 7.25 lakh tonnes), Haryana Agro Industries Corporation (over 5.70 lakh tonnes), Haryana Warehousing Corporation (over 5.29 lakh tonnes) and CONFED (3.06 lakh tonnes of wheat).