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HAFED sells consumer products worth Rs 22.89 crore

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Haryana State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (HAFED) has sold consumer products worth Rs 22.89 crore from April 1, 2015, to July 31, 2015.

HAFED sold 1.67 lakh metric tonnes of urea and 0.43 lakh metric tonnes of DAP from April 1, 2015, to August 27, 2015, an official spokesperson said.

The federation had purchased 29.55 lakh metric tonnes of wheat during the current Rabi-2015 season and lifted 23.23 lakh metric tonnes of wheat till August 18, 2015, in the financial year 2015-16, he added.

It has made adequate arrangements for procurement and storage of wheat in the subsequent Rabi-2015 season, the spokesperson said.
 

As much as 30.88 lakh quintals of sugarcane has been crushed by the HAFED Sugar Mill at Assandh in the current crushing season and so far, an average of 10.19 per cent sugar recovery has been achieved.

Besides, 9.85 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured during the Kharif-2014 season, which constitutes about 33 per cent of the total paddy procured by all the agencies of the state against the allocated share of 30 per cent.

HAFED also purchased 1,563 metric tonnes of basmati paddy on commercial basis in this period.

Approximately 6.57 lakh metric tonnes Custom Milled Rice (CMR) has been delivered to the Food Corporation of India (FCI) till date, which constitutes about 99.60 per cent of the total rice to be delivered.

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First Published: Sep 10 2015 | 5:48 PM IST

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