72.24L metric tonnes Paddy arrive in Haryana mandis

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72.24L metric tonnes Paddy arrive in Haryana mandis

Thursday, 13 December 2018 | PNS | Chandigarh

In Haryana, more than 72.24 lakh metric tonnes (MTs) of Paddy has arrived so far in mandis as against the arrival of more than 71.32 lakh MT during the same period of last year.

A  spokesman of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department on Wednesday said out of the total arrival, Government procuring agencies have procured over 58.34 lakh metric tonnes whereas over 13.89 lakh metric tonnes of paddy is purchased by millers and dealers.

He said more than 32.46 lakh MT of paddy have been purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, over 17.76 lakh MT by Hafed, over 7.93 lakh MT by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation and 17,744 MT by the Food Corporation of India.

Giving details of arrival in mandis of different districts, the spokesman said that

out of the total arrival, the maximum quantity of paddy has arrived in Karnal which is over 15.51 lakh MT followed by Kurukshetra over 11.63 lakh MT. Similarly, over 8.33 lakh MT paddy has arrived in mandis of Kaithal, over 7.91 lakh MT in Fatehabad, over 7.74 lakh MT in Ambala, over 6.33 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, over 5.02 lakh MT in Jind, over 3.02 lakh MT in Sirsa, over 2.15 lakh MT each in Panipat, over 1.52 lakh MT in Hisar, over 1.44 lakh MT in Panchkula, 48,093 MT in Faridabad, 43,420 MT in Sonipat, 34,519 MT in Jhajjar, 12,267 MT in Rohtak, 10,289 MT in Palwal and 9,947 MT in Mewat.

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