PADDY PROCUREMENT: Ludhiana still leads in Punjab
Author(s): City Air NewsChandigarh, October 31, 2012: Paddy Procurement is on full swing in Punjab. Government agencies and private millers procured more than 9214841 tonnes of paddy till last evening. The State Government has set up...
Chandigarh, October 31, 2012: Paddy Procurement is on full swing in Punjab. Government agencies and private millers procured more than 9214841 tonnes of paddy till last evening. The State Government has set up more than 1770 procurement centres and activated its total machinery to ensure smooth procurement of paddy.
The spokesman of the Punjab government said that Out of total procurement of 9214841 tonnes of paddy in all the procurement centers of Punjab, Government agencies procured 8694550 tonnes of paddy till date whereas private traders procured 520291 tonnes of paddy. Till October 30, PUNGRAIN procured 2495476 tonnes (28.7%), MARKFED procured 1977158 tonnes (22.7%). whereas PUNSUP had procured 2016966 tonnes (23.2%) PSWC procured 895299 tonnes (10.3%) whereas PAFC was able to procure 911481 tonnes (10.5%) of paddy.The Central Government agency FCI had been able to procure 398170 tonnes (4.6%).
The spokesman added that District Ludhiana with 911409 tonnes of procurement was leading in procurement operations whereas District Patiala with 890728 tonnes of procurement was at second slot and district Moga with 807599 tonnes of procurement ranked at third position.