The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India has bought over 59,700 tonne of chana from the 2016-17 (Jul-Jun) rabi crop as of Monday from farmers of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Haryana under the price stabilisation fund. The agency has procured 14,213 tonne of the pulse from 25 centres set up in Madhya Pradesh, 1,144 tonne from two centres in Uttar Pradesh, and the rest from the Adampur centre in Haryana. The maximum amount of 20,560 tonne was procured in Rajasthan Bikaner district. Pace of procurement is slow in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana due to rains in the ongoing monsoon season.