Chandigarh
The Government agencies and private millers have procured 160.31 lakh metric tonnes of paddy in Punjab till November 17.

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 159.30 LMT of paddy while 101312 MT has been procured by the millers. Besides, 153.28LMT paddy has been lifted.

Giving the details, the spokesman said that PUNGRAIN has procured 5574515 metric tonnes, MARKFED 3664219 tonnes and PUNSUP procured 3322660 tonnes while Punjab State Warehousing Corporation and Punjab Agro Foodgrains Corporation procured 1488297 and 1645707 MT paddy respectively. The Centre government agency FCI has procured 234705 MT paddy.