Payment worth Rs. 15568.52 crore made

Chandigarh
The Government agencies and private millers have procured 10853601 metric tonnes of paddy in Punjab till October 31 while payment worth Rs.15568.52 crore has been transferred to the accounts of arthias/farmers by the government, rendering MSP benefits to 735105 farmers.

Disclosing this, 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 10769785 MT of paddy while 83816 MT has been procured by the millers.

PUNGRAIN has procured 4423498 tonnes, MARKFED 2807384 tonnes and PUNSUP procured 2142007 tonnes while Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 1247367 MT paddy. The Centre government agency FCI has procured 149529 MT paddy.

As per the 72 hours norm, 94.79% lifting of the purchased paddy has been achieved, he informed.