Over 6.7 MMT paddy arrives in Haryana.

More than 67 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has reached the mandis of Haryana compared with over 62.46 lakh MT crop arrived in market during the same period a year ago. Government agencies have so far procured over 58.50 lakh MT whereas the remaining quantity of over 8.50 lakh MT of paddy has been procured by the millers. More than 27.18 lakh MT of paddy was purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department. About 19.17 lakh MT of crop was purchased by Hafed, over 6.40 lakh MT by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation, 5.55 lakh MT by the Haryana Agro-industries Corporation and 19,585 MT by the Food Corporation of India.