The Government agencies and private millers have procured 2125917metric tonnes of Paddy in Punjab till October 17 while payment worth Rs. 1952.34 crore has been transferred to the accounts of arthias/farmers by the government.
Disclosing this here today, an official spokesman of the Government of Punjab informed that out of the total procurement from various procurement centres in the State, the Government agencies procured 2088487 MT of paddy while 37430 MT has been procured by the millers.
Giving the details, the spokesman said that PUNGRAIN had procured 673867 tonnes, MARKFED 518466 tonnes and PUNSUP procured 426350 tonnes while Punjab State Warehousing Corporation and Punjab Agro Foodgrains Corporation procured 212535 and 218889 MT paddy respectively. The Centre government agency FCI has procured 38380 MT paddy.