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Wheat arrivals picking up

CHANDIGARH: As much as 39.33 lakh metric tonne of wheat has arrived in the 362 mandis of Haryana so far.

The arrival of wheat is gradually picking up and the procurement of wheat has started from April one.

Stating this here on Sunday, the Deputy Chief Minister, Chander Mohan said that out of the total wheat arrival, 39.07 lakh metric tonne had been procured by six Government procuring agencies at the minimum support price of Rs 1000 per quintal besides 25,740 metric tonne was purchased by the traders.

He said that as many as 37.37 lakh metric tonne of wheat was procured during the corresponding period of last year, of which 33.49 lakh metric tonne of wheat was procured by the government procuring agencies. - PTI

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