Punjab procures 79 in keeping with cent extra paddy as in comparison to final yr

The state has procured 52 lakh tonnes (LT) of paddy in opposition to 29 LT until October 17 final yr. (Representational)

Regardless of the pandemic and farmers’ protests, Punjab has procured 79 in keeping with cent extra paddy as in comparison to the corresponding length final yr.

The state has procured 52 lakh tonnes (LT) of paddy in opposition to 29 LT until October 17 final yr.

Punjab, which has been anticipating to obtain over 16 million tonnes of paddy this yr, has already procured over Five million tonnes within the first 3 weeks of the procurement season which began from September 26.

From September 26 to October 17, the paddy arrival in Punjab’s grain markets was once 53.66 LT (5.01 million tonnes) out of which 52 LT (5.02 million tonnes) has already been bought through the federal government companies.

Day by day over Five lakh tonnes of paddy is coming to the mandis via passes issued to the farmers to steer clear of rush so that you could adhere to the COVID-19 norms. The access of paddy within the mandis is conceivable handiest via passes, that are in seven colors for seven days in every week.

Up to now, round 38 LT (73% of the overall acquire) has been transported from the mandis to shellers and different executive’s garage puts, and round 14 LT is mendacity within the state mandis.

A complete of three.86 LT basmati rice has arrived in Punjab Mandis the acquisition of which is being performed through personal avid gamers, together with rice exporters and buyers.

Out of the overall acquire thus far, 56% (over 29 lakh tonnes) has been bought through part a dozen districts of the state which has 22 districts.

Those districts integrated Tarn Taran (6.86 LT), which is at the best, Ferozepur (5.47 LT), Patiala (5.27 LT), Kapurthala (4.29 LT), Jalandhar (3.76 LT), and Gurdaspur (3.66 LT).

Barnala is on the backside with simply 13,132 tonnes bought whilst Pathankot is the second one final with 32,990 tonnes.

Round 40 in keeping with cent harvesting within the state has been finished and farmers are bringing the paddy in turns.

Normal supervisor of Punjab Mandi Board G P S Randhawa stated that clean procurement has been occurring and for hassle-free procurement, they have got arrange a regulate room the place queries or court cases of farmers are all the time welcomed. “Until date, we were given 126 queries/court cases previously 3 weeks and all had been addressed,” he stated, including that restricted access is permitted within the mandis to care for social distancing.

The Punjab executive had notified over 4,000 mandis this yr because of Covid-19 in order that farmers may in finding procurement mandi as regards to their position.

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