Haryana contributes 51.92 lakh metric tonne wheat to Central Pool
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan today said that the state has contributed 51.92 lakh metric tonne of wheat to the Central Pool so far which is 18.42 MTs more than the correspondingperiod of previous year.
By PTI |
CHANDIGARH: Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Chander Mohan today said that the state has contributed 51.92 lakh metric tonne of wheat to the Central Pool so far which is 18.42 MTs more than the correspondingperiod of previous year.
Chander Mohan said here that total arrival of wheat in the mandis was 52.63 lakh MTs so far and out of this 51.92 lakh MTs of wheat waspurchased by the six goverment procuring agencies while remaining 70,964 MTs of wheat was purchased by the traders which was merely oneper cent of the total arrival. The Deputy Chief Minister said that during the entire season of lastyear, the arrival of wheat in the Mandis was 37.37 lakh MTs and out ofthis 33.50 lakh MTs of wheat was procured by the Government procuring agencies.
The arrival of wheat has also beaten the record of previous three years, he added.
Giving the details of the procurement of wheat by the procuringagencies, he said that HAFED had procured 19.17 lakh MTs, Food and Supplies Department had procured 10.75 lakh MTs of wheat, Food Corporation of India 7.82 lakh MTs, Haryana Warehousing Corporation 4.84 lakh MTs, Confed 4.76 lakh MTs and Haryana Agro Industries Corporation 4.56 lakh MTs while the traders had purchased only 70,964 MTs.
He said that the Sirsa district was still ahead in the arrival ofwheat with the arrival of 7.63 lakh metric tonnes followed by Karnalwith 6.02 lakh metric tonnes of wheat.
Chander Mohan said here that total arrival of wheat in the mandis was 52.63 lakh MTs so far and out of this 51.92 lakh MTs of wheat waspurchased by the six goverment procuring agencies while remaining 70,964 MTs of wheat was purchased by the traders which was merely oneper cent of the total arrival. The Deputy Chief Minister said that during the entire season of lastyear, the arrival of wheat in the Mandis was 37.37 lakh MTs and out ofthis 33.50 lakh MTs of wheat was procured by the Government procuring agencies.
The arrival of wheat has also beaten the record of previous three years, he added.
Giving the details of the procurement of wheat by the procuringagencies, he said that HAFED had procured 19.17 lakh MTs, Food and Supplies Department had procured 10.75 lakh MTs of wheat, Food Corporation of India 7.82 lakh MTs, Haryana Warehousing Corporation 4.84 lakh MTs, Confed 4.76 lakh MTs and Haryana Agro Industries Corporation 4.56 lakh MTs while the traders had purchased only 70,964 MTs.
He said that the Sirsa district was still ahead in the arrival ofwheat with the arrival of 7.63 lakh metric tonnes followed by Karnalwith 6.02 lakh metric tonnes of wheat.
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