Procurement of wheat in Punjab reaches over 99 lakh tonne

04 May 2013 Evaluate

Procurement of wheat in Punjab has reached 99.15 lakh tonne (LT) in the ongoing Rabi marketing season compared to 91.73 LT during last year till this time. Out of the total procurement, the government procurement agencies have obtained 98.07 LT of wheat, whereas private traders procured 1.08 LT of wheat.

Among agencies, PUNGRAIN procured 17.79 LT of wheat, MARKFED lifted 21.75 LT of wheat, PUNSUP lifted 20.36 LT, PSWC lifted 11.50 LT of wheat and PAIC lifted 9.24 LT. The central government agency FCI had been able to procure 17.40 LT of wheat.

The district of Sangrur with 903,376 tonnes of wheat procurement was leading in procurement operations whereas Ludhiana district with 826,098 tonnes of procurement was at second slot and Patiala district with 793,642 tonnes of procurement ranked at third position.

During the current season the state of Punjab is eyeing to procure 140 LT of wheat. The state government has set up more than 1,750 procurement centres and activated its total machinery to ensure smooth procurement of wheat.

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