by Punjabnewswire4u (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, MAY 4
Wheat procurement by State Government Agencies touched 102.19 lakh tons in Punjab, crossing the magical figure of 100 lakh tons as procurement in 1750 purchase centers picked up.
According to an official spokesman procurement till Thursday evening was about 6 lakh tons more than last year as it was 10219702 tons. The spokesman said that most of the procurement was by the official agencies as they have procured 10213304 tons whereas traders have only picked-up 1583 tons. Meanwhile, the state agencies have also starting procuring wheat for state food as on Thursday 4815 tonnes were procured in this pool. Till May 3, Punsup had procured 2349022 tons (22.99%) whereas MARKFED procured 2283263 tons (22.34%). PUNGRAIN procured 1707381 tons (16.71%), PAIC had procured 1182317 tons (11.57%) whereas PSWC was able to procure 1167866 tons (11.43 %) of wheat.
The Central Government agency FCI had been able to procure 1523455 tons (14.91%).
The spokesman added that District Sangrur with 1110120 tons of procurement was leading in procurement operations whereas District Patiala with 990598 tons of procurement was at second slot and district Ludhiana with 881666 tons of procurement ranked at third position.
The State Government has set up more than 1750 procurement centres and activated its total machinery to ensure smooth procurement of wheat, the spokesman added.
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