60,762 MTs of Paddy Procured In Ludhiana District

Ludhiana, October 12, 2015: DFSC (East) Miss Sona Thind today stated that the paddy procurement in the district is going on smoothly as elaborate arrangements have been made for a hassle free procurement. She informed that out of 64,022 MT of total paddy arrivals in 101 different mandis of the district, 60,762 MT has been purchased and 40,814 MT has already been lifted, while the remaining is in the process of getting lifted.

      Out of the total arrivals in the district, PunGrain (Punjab Grains Procurement Corporation Ltd) has purchased 20,290 MT, Markfed has purchased 10858 MT, Punsup has purchased 10986 MT, Punjab State Warehousing Corporation has purchased 8172 MT, Punjab Agro has purchased 10086 MT, FCI 280 MT and privates have purchased 90 MT of paddy till Sunday evening.

      Miss Sona Thind further informed that out of total stock lifted i.e. PunGrain has lifted 14,775 MT, Markfed has lifted 6,523 MT, Punsup has lifted 6,184, Punjab State Warehousing Corporation 6,409, Punjab Agro has lifted 6,756 MT, FCI has lifted 77 MT and Privates has lifted 90 MT.

      She further said that the Punjab government was determined to purchase and lift every grain of paddy from markets across the state. She said that the state government machinery was fully geared up for the smooth operation and payments would be made to the farmers within the time schedule fixed by the government of India.

      Miss Thind said that in order to facilitate farmers during the ongoing Kharif Season 2015-16, the Punjab government has also launched a helpline in the directorate of Food and Civil Supplies in Chandigarh. She said that the helpline has been set up aiming at providing instant relief to the farmers if facing any difficulty during the procurement season. The helpline would be functional from morning 8 till 11 at night and anybody including the farmers, commission agent, Sheller owner, transporter, labour or even amongst public could contact and register their grievances and suggestion regarding the paddy procurement process  on this helpline.

         Giving details of contact numbers and email ids, she said that the phone number 0172-2702120, 0172-2703535 and 0172 -2702356 would be remained functional while e-mails could be sent on [email protected]. Besides this, DFSC';s have been deputed as nodal officers. Their numbers are 94641-68115 & 0161-2453202 for DFSC (East) and 94641-68024 & 0161-2454202 for DFSC (West).