Payment worth Rs. 10810.37 crore made

Chandigarh
The Government agencies and private millers have procured 9559397 metric tonnes of paddy in Punjab till October 29 while payment worth Rs. 10810.37 crore has been transferred to the accounts of arthias/farmers by the government, rendering MSP benefits to 648359 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 9478662 MT of paddy while 80735 MT has been procured by the millers.

PUNGRAIN has procured 3877998 tonnes, MARKFED 2489510 tonnes and PUNSUP procured 1863927 tonnes while Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 1111616 MT paddy. The Centre government agency FCI has procured 135611 MT paddy.As per the 72 hours norm, 86.80% lifting of the purchased paddy has been achieved, he informed.