More than Rs. 7600 Crore credited into accounts of farmers
Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, October 28-
The Punjab Government under the visionary guidance of the CM Bhagwant Singh Mann is sparing no effort to ensure a smooth and hassle free paddy procurement season 2024-25. Effective procurement, lifting and payment mechanism has been put in place in all the mandis of the State to take care of the interests of all the stakeholders i.e. the farmers, arhtiyas, millers as well as the labourers.
Till date, 59,79,723.94 Metric Tonnes (MT) paddy has arrived in the mandis of the State out of which 54,98,389.72 MT has been procured, said the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Lal Chand Kataruchak while taking stock of the procurement season in a VC with all the DFSCs, District Managers and senior officers of the department and added that Punjab is proceeding very rapidly towards meeting the procurement target.
Further, the lifting has also picked up speed with total 23,30,117.58 MT of paddy being lifted as of now and a record 4.13 LMT lifted in a single day on October 27th.