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Punjab records all-time high wheat procurement

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Jan 21 2013 | 4:10 AM IST

Till date more than 112 lakh tonnes of wheat had been procured in Mandis, an official release said.

The procurement is likely to cross 120 lakh tonnes, it said.

A sum of Rs 200 crore had been sanctioned to the Food and Civil Supplies Department for smooth running of ongoing Atta-Dal scheme, the release said.

The Punjab government had written to the Centre to make arrangements of gunny bags for 115 lakh tonnes of wheat but it had only supplied for 108 lakh tonnes, it said.

The state had demanded release of the remaining gunny bags, the release said.

A godown having storage capacity of 7.5 lakh tonnes had been constructed but inspection teams of the Union government had found some lapses, the release said.

  

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