Out of the total procurement this year, which began last month, 57,99,833 tonnes has been procured by the government agencies and the remaining by the traders, an official release said.
Over 17.17 lakh tonnes of wheat was procured by the Food and Supplies Department, 25.05 lakh tonnes by HAFED, 6.13 lakh tonnes by Agro, 9.57 lakh tonnes by Haryana Warehousing Corporation, about 5,800 tonnes by Confed and 125 tonnes by the traders, the release said.