The spokesperson said that though there was a minor increase in area under wheat from 34.67 lakh hectares to 34.80 lakh hectares this year, wheat procurement in 1623 procurement centers had already touched the mark of 100,98,803 MT as against 73,61,133 MT procured last year.
Out of total procurement till date, 95,35,273 MT (94.4 per cent) has been procured for the central pool and 2,80,038 MT (2.8 per cent) for the State pool whereas traders lifted 283492 MT of wheat.
The spokesman said that Pungrain procured 17,80,238 MT (18.7 per cent) whereas Markfed procured 22,85,863 metric tonne (24 per cent), Punsup procured 21,93,424 MT (23 per cent), PSWC procured 11,69,233 MT (12.3 per cent) whereas PAIC was able to procure 10,79,398 MT (11.3 per cent) of wheat for the central pool.
The Central Government agency FCI had been able to procure 10,26,617 MT (10.8 per cent) for the central pool.
Ferozepur District with 11,74,915 MT of procurement was leading in procurement operations whereas Sangrur District with 9,43,036 MT of procurement was at second slot and Ludhiana district with 8,39,262 MT of procurement ranked at third position.
The Punjab Government allocated more than Rs. 11,116 crore to the agencies for making payment to the farmers.
