Government procures more than 100 lakh tonne of rice

09 Nov 2012 Evaluate

During the ongoing Kharif Marketing Season, 2012-13, over 10,073,415 lakh tons of rice has been procured by the Government agencies, as per the report made available to the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.

The above procurement of rice is till November 08, 2012 and is higher compared to the last season which stood at 9,406,495 tonne on the day.

The state of Punjab has procured the highest amount of rice which stands to 7,602,875 tonne followed by Haryana 2,411,439 tonne and Andhra Pardesh 33,483 tonne.  Similarly the state of Chandigarh has also made significant procurement by procuring around 11,256 tonne of rice.

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