Punjab to surpass 140 lakh MT paddy procurement

Punjab is all set to cross the procurement mark of 140 lakh MT of Paddy during the current Kharif marketing season as the Government agencies and private millers had already procured 114.18 lakh MT of paddy till last evening. A spokesman for the Chief Ministers Office said the Paddy procurement during current Kharif season had been hassle-free so far. Patiala district with 12.19 lac MT of procurement was leading in procurement operations whereas district Ludhiana with 12.10 lac MT of procurement was at second slot and district Ferozepur with 9.20 lac MT of procurement ranked at third position, he said. He said that smooth procurement was evident from the fact that 114.18 lakh MT of Paddy had already been procured so far over 117.79 lakh MT procured during the last season despite late arrival of the crop due to adverse weather conditions and late sowing of Paddy. Out of total procurement of 114.18 lac MT of Paddy in all the procurement centers of Punjab, Government agencies procured 112 lakh MT of Paddy (98.1 oer cent) till date whereas private traders procured 2.17 lac MT (1.9 per cent) of Paddy. Till November 2, PUNGRAIN had procured 32.57 lakh MT (29.1 per cent) whereas MARKFED procured 23.12 lakh MT (20.6 per cent).

PUNSUP procured 26.12 lac MT (23.3per cent), Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 13.87 lac MT (12.4per cent) whereas Punjab Agro Industries Corporation was able to procure 10.82 lac MT (9.7per cent) of Paddy. The Central Government agency FCI had procured only 5.49 lakh MT (4.9 per cent). Besides, 91 per cent of due lifting had been done and 92 per cet of due payment to the tune of Rs.10754 crore had been made to the farmers. The State Government had set up nearly 1600 procurement centers and activated its total machinery to ensure smooth procurement of 140 lac MT of Paddy, the spokesman added.

-- (UNI) -- 03DR107.xml

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