Paddy procurement in Haryana has gone up by 11 per cent so far as purchase by Government agencies and private millers reached 21.25 lakh tonnes (lt) in the state during the current Kharif season.
In the corresponding period of last year, the paddy lifting stood at 19.10 lt. Stating this here today, a spokesman of Haryana Food and Supplies Department said out of the total arrival of paddy, maximum quantity of paddy has arrived in district Kurukshetra which is over 5.72 lt .
Similarly, district Karnal received over 5.59 lt of paddy, district Kaithal over 3.69 lt and Fatehabad over 2.08 lt.
He said out of the total arrival of paddy, six Government agencies had so far procured over 20.28 lt of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of 97,637 tonnes of paddy was procured by the millers.