Chandigarh – More than 114.91 lakh tonnes of Paddy was procured by the Government agencies and private millers in Punjab till last evening against 120.81 lakh tonnes procurement of previous year.
An Official Spokesman here today said that out of total procurement of 114.91 lakh tonnes of paddy, Government agencies procured 110.93 lakh tonnes (96.5%) and private traders procured 3,97,797 tonnes (3.5%) of paddy till date.
He said that PUNGRAIN had procured 32.31 lakh tonnes (29.1%), followed by PUNSUP with 27.64 lakh tonnes (24.9%), MARKFED with 25.35 lakh tonnes (22.9%), PSWC with 12.74 lakh tonnes (11.5%) and PAIC with 11.08 lakh tonnes (10.0 %) of paddy. The Central Government agency FCI had been able to procure 1,78,519 (1.6%) tonnes.
Ludhiana District with 13.88 lakh tonnes of procurement was leading in procurement operations whereas Sangrur District with 13.22 lakh tonnes of procurement was at second slot and Patiala District with 11.21 lakh tonnes of procurement ranked at third position, he added.
The State Government has set up 1745 procurement centres and activated its total machinery to ensure smooth procurement of paddy, the spokesman added.
