Chandigarh, December 03: The Punjab Government agencies and private millers have procured total 17843594 tonnes of Paddy in Punjab till today evening which included 4273 tonnes procured on 3rd December.
Disclosing this here today, an official Spokesman of Punjab Government said that out of total procurement of 17843594 tonnes of paddy in all the procurement centers of Punjab, the Government agencies procured 17575628 tonnes of paddy (98.5%) till date whereas 267966 tonnes (1.5%) of paddy has been procured by millers.
He said that PUNGRAIN had procured 5969337 tonnes (33.5%), MARKFED procured 3881141 tonnes (21.8%). PUNSUP procured 3828481 tonnes (21.5%), PSWC procured 1747739 tonnes (9.8%) and PAFC was able to procure 1768457 tonnes (9.9%) of paddy. The Central Government agency FCI had been able to procure 380473 tonnes (2.1%).