More than 36.08 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has so far arrived in the mandis of Haryana during the current procurement season.
While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department said that out of it, over 36.07 lakh metric tonnes of wheat has been procured by the government agencies at the minimum support price and the remaining about 1,092 metric tonnes has also been purchased by the private millers and traders.
He said that Haryana Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (HAFED) had procured over 13.01 lakh metric tonnes of wheat.
Besides this, Food and Supplies Department will procure over 8.99 lakh metric tonnes, Food Corporation of India 5.35 lakh metric tonnes, Haryana Warehousing Corporation over 3.46 lakh metric tonnes, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation over 3.58 lakh metric tonnes and CONFED had purchased 1.65 metric tonnes of wheat, the spokesman added.
