Chandigarh: The Government agencies and private millers have procured 3953655 metric tonnes of Paddy in Punjab till October 21. while payment worth Rs. 3912.72 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 3907108 MT of paddy while 46547 MT has been procured by the millers.
Giving the details, the spokesman said that PUNGRAIN had procured 1284829 tonnes, MARKFED 926791 tonnes and PUNSUP procured 809488 tonnes while Punjab State Warehousing Corporation and Punjab Agro Foodgrains Corporation procured 395128 and 417302 MT paddy respectively. The Centre government agency FCI has procured 73570 MT paddy.