10-19-2008, 05:00 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Record paddy procurement in one day</b>
Pioneer News Service | Chandigarh
Strict on-field monitoring by senior officers in the mandis has started showing results on the ground as six government agencies and millers procured record <b>4,20,962 tonnes of paddy in a single day on Friday, taking the total procurement to 54,80,998 tonnes in Punjab</b>.
Disclosing this here on Saturday, an official spokesman said that <b>PUNGRAIN procured 13,25,801 tonnes of paddy (26.7%), MARKFED 11,59,503 tonnes (23.4%), PUNSUP 11,44,784 tonnes (23.1%), the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation 6, 58,857 tonnes (13.3%) besides 6,07,965 tonnes of paddy (12.3%) procured by Punjab Agro. The Central Government Agency FCI procured only 64,575 tonnes of paddy (1.3%). and the millers procured 5,19,513 tonnes.</b> .
The mandis in <b>Amritsar Division recorded 1678102 tonnes of paddy with Jalandhar recording maximum paddy by Friday to the tune of 409211 tonnes</b>. The mandis of Ferozepur division maintained their lead by recording 2665765 tonnes of paddy with maximum of 974294 tonnes of paddy being recorded by Ferozepur district.
Meanwhile procurement in the mandis of Ludhiana division was 1137131 with maximum procurement of 416330 being recorded In Patiala district. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Great news.
Pioneer News Service | Chandigarh
Strict on-field monitoring by senior officers in the mandis has started showing results on the ground as six government agencies and millers procured record <b>4,20,962 tonnes of paddy in a single day on Friday, taking the total procurement to 54,80,998 tonnes in Punjab</b>.
Disclosing this here on Saturday, an official spokesman said that <b>PUNGRAIN procured 13,25,801 tonnes of paddy (26.7%), MARKFED 11,59,503 tonnes (23.4%), PUNSUP 11,44,784 tonnes (23.1%), the Punjab State Warehousing Corporation 6, 58,857 tonnes (13.3%) besides 6,07,965 tonnes of paddy (12.3%) procured by Punjab Agro. The Central Government Agency FCI procured only 64,575 tonnes of paddy (1.3%). and the millers procured 5,19,513 tonnes.</b> .
The mandis in <b>Amritsar Division recorded 1678102 tonnes of paddy with Jalandhar recording maximum paddy by Friday to the tune of 409211 tonnes</b>. The mandis of Ferozepur division maintained their lead by recording 2665765 tonnes of paddy with maximum of 974294 tonnes of paddy being recorded by Ferozepur district.
Meanwhile procurement in the mandis of Ludhiana division was 1137131 with maximum procurement of 416330 being recorded In Patiala district. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Great news.