Paddy purchase in Haryana up by 11 pc

Chandigarh, Dec 19 (PTI) Paddy procurement in Haryana was up by 11 per cent as total crop purchase reached 52.39 lakh tonnes during the current kharif marketing season. A total of 47.24 lakh tonnes of paddy arrived in corresponding period last year. Out of the total arrival of paddy, six government agencies had so far procured 38.27 lakh tonnes of paddy, whereas the remaining quantity of over 14.11 lakh tonnes of paddy was procured by millers, a Haryana Food and Supplies Department spokesman said here today. He said that out of the total paddy procured by the agencies, over 14.62 lakh tonnes had been procured by Food and Supplies Department whereas HAFED had purchased more than 12.11 lakh tonnes, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation over 5.89 lakh tonnes, Haryana Warehousing Corporation over 3.25 lakh tonnes and CONFED procured over 2.28 lakh tonnes paddy. The Food Corporation of India has also procured 10,089 tonnes of paddy, he added. PTI CHS RAH YB