Paddy procurement in Punjab has reached 44 Lakh tonnes mark in Punjab with Mandis of Forozepur division maintaining its lead.
According to an official spokesman, Paddy procurement by six government agencies and traders reached 43,94,899 tonnes in Punjab.
He said that PUNGRAIN procured 10,38,176 tonnes of paddy (26.4 per cent) whereas MARKFED procured 9,13,295 tonnes of paddy (23.2 per cent).
PUNSUP procured 9,12,884 tonnes of paddy (23.2 per cent) whereas Punjab State Warehousing Corporation procured 5, 27,115 tonnes of paddy (13.4 per cent) besides 4,94,909 tonnes of paddy (12.6 per cent) procured by Punjab Agro.
The central government Agency FCI procured only 52,998 tonnes of paddy (1.3 per cent). The Millers procured 4, 55,522 tonnes of paddy (10.4 per cent by Tuesday).
The mandis in Amritsar Division recorded 14,66,327 tonnes of paddy with Kapurthala recording maximum paddy by Tuesday to the tune of 3, 42,316 tonnes.
The mandis of Ferozepur division recorded 22,56,862 tonnes of paddy with maximum of 8,55,269 tonnes of paddy being recorded by Ferozepur district.
The spokesman said that six government agencies have paid over Rs 2391.70 crores for paddy procured by agencies during first 15 days of current Kharif marketing season.
