During the ongoing procurement season, Punjab has procured 178.92 lakh metric tonnes (MT) paddy while neighboring Haryana procured more than 71.21 lakh MT paddy so far.
Punjab Government agencies and private millers have procured total 17892925 tonnes of paddy in the state which included 4463 tonnes procured on December 10, said an official Spokesman of Punjab Government.
He said that out of total procurement of 17892925 tonnes of paddy in all the procurement centers of Punjab, the Government agencies procured 17620812 tonnes of paddy (98.5%) till date whereas 272113 tonnes (1.5%) of paddy has been procured by millers.
He said that PUNGRAIN had procured 5988042 tonnes (33.5%), MARKFED procured 3889581 tonnes (21.7%). PUNSUP procured 3839978 tonnes (21.5%), PSWC procured 1751604 tonnes (9.8%) and PAFC was able to procure 1771022 tonnes (9.9%) of paddy. The Central Government agency FCI had been able to procure 380585 tonnes (2.1%).
In Haryana, more than 71.21 lakh metric tonnes (MTs) of paddy has arrived so far in mandis, as against the arrival of 69.56 lakh MT during the same period of last year, said a spokesman of Haryana Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department.
The spokesman said that out of the total arrival in Haryana, government procuring agencies have procured over 59.11 lakh metric tonnes whereas over 12.10 lakh metric tonnes of paddy is purchased by millers and dealers.
More than 27.51 lakh MT of paddy have been purchased by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, over 19.22 lakh MT by Hafed, over 6.49 lakh MT by the Haryana Warehousing Corporation, over 5.68 lakh MT by the Haryana Agro-industries Corporation and 19,667 MT by the Food Corporation of India, he said.
Giving details of arrival in mandis (grain markets) of different districts, the spokesman said that out of the total arrival, the maximum quantity of paddy has arrived in Karnal which is over 14.62 lakh MT followed by Kurukshetra over 12.12 lakh MT.
Similarly, over 9.33 lakh MT paddy has arrived in mandis of Kaithal, over 8.22 lakh MT in Fatehabad, over 7.91 lakh MT in Ambala, over 6.04 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, over 4.69 lakh MT in Jind, over 2.38 lakh MT in Sirsa, over 1.47 lakh MT in Hisar, over 1.30 lakh MT each in Panipat and Panchkula, 79,470 MT in Palwal, 58,231 MT in Rohtak, 37,626 MT in Jhajjar and 2,459 MT in Gurugram, he added.