807938 Farmers Benefitted from MSP

Chandigarh
The Government agencies and private millers have procured 11885504 metric tonnes of paddy in Punjab till November 2 while payment worth Rs. 16721.24 crore has been transferred to the accounts of arthias/farmers by the government, rendering MSP benefits to 807938 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 11798543 MT of paddy while 86961 MT has been procured by the millers.

PUNGRAIN has procured 4865211tonnes, MARKFED 3050156 tonnes and PUNSUP procured 2367641 tonnes while Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 1352117 MT paddy. The Centre government agency FCI has procured 163418 MT paddy.

As per the 72 hours norm, 93.09% lifting of the purchased paddy has been achieved, he informed.