Punjab Government agencies and private millers have procured over 1.52 crore (total 1,52,61,635) tonnes of paddy in Punjab till Sunday evening. More than 2.36 lakh tonnes was procured on Sunday.
Out of total procurement of 1.52 crore tonnes of paddy in all the procurement centres of Punjab, the Government agencies procured 1,50,19,847 tonnes of paddy (98.4 percent) till date, whereas 2,41,788 tonnes (1.6 per cent) of paddy has been procured by millers, said an official spokesperson of Punjab Government.
Spokesperson said that PUNGRAIN had procured 50,25,753 tonnes (32.9 percent), MARKFED procured 33,84,517 tonnes (22.2 percent). PUNSUP procured 32,31,614 tonnes (21.2 percent), PSWC procured 15,21,610 tonnes (10 percent) and PAFC was able to procure 15,24,434 tonnes (10 percent) of paddy.
The Central Government agency, Food Corporation of India (FCI), had been able to procure 3,31,919 tonnes (2.2 percent), he said.
Meanwhile, over 61.67 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy has so far arrived in neighbouring Haryana during the current procurement season.
An official spokesman said that out of the total arrival of paddy, Government agencies had so far procured over 56.19 lakh MT of paddy whereas the remaining quantity of over 4.97 lakh MT of paddy was procured by the millers, he added.