Slow and steady, Punjab has witnessed procurement of more than 56.96 lakh metric tonnes of wheat till Tuesday. In a single day on Tuesday, the State has witnessed approximately 7,39,409 MT wheat being procured. However, the State Government has released the final figures of wheat procurement till Monday evening, which is more than 49.57 MT.
“Total 49,57,396 lakh MT of wheat has been procured in the State till last evening. The government agencies have procured 48,33,774 lakh MT for central pool, while the private traders have procured 1,02,899 MT of wheat,” said an official spokesperson of the Punjab Government on Tuesday.
Among the Government agencies, MARKFED is leading the chart with maximum procurement of 10,04,576 MT of wheat, which is 20.3 per cent of the total procurement. Following it are PUNSUP with 9,58,543 MT (19.3 per cent), and PUNGRAIN with 9,30,370 MT (18.8 per cent).
The Central Government agency, Food Corporation of India (FCI) has procured 8,54,149 MT (17.2 per cent) of wheat for the central pool. lowest, 5,86,092 MT wheat has been procured by the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation (11.8 per cent).