63.71 lakh tonnes wheat arrives in Haryana

Wheat arrivals in Haryana were up by 16 per cent with total crop arrivals reaching 63.71 lakh tonnes of wheat, highest so far, in the ongoing Rabi Marketing season.
"63.71 lakh Metric Tonnes (MT) of wheat has so far arrived in the mandis of the state, which is the highest arrival till date. As compared to it, 54.98 lakh tonnes of wheat had arrived in the mandis during the corresponding period last year," said a spokesman of Haryana Food and Supplies Department.
He said that out of the total arrival, 63.70 lakh tonnes of wheat have been purchased by the government procurement agencies at Minimum Support Price.

Giving details of the wheat procured by government agencies, he said 16.85 lakh tonnes of wheat has been procured by Food and Supplies Department, whereas HAFED has purchased 23.35 lakh tonnes of wheat.
He said Food Corporation of India purchased 6.94 lakh tonnes of wheat, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation purchased 5.73 lakh tonnes, and 10.80 lakh tonnes of wheat has been procured by Haryana Warehousing Corporation.
Apart from this, 970 tonnes of wheat has been procured by traders, he said.