Ludhiana administration ensures smooth & hassle-free wheat procurement season: DC
With the 100 % purchase of wheat and 99 % payments cleared already to the farmers for the procured crop, the district administration had been ensuring a smooth and hassle-free procurement season.
City Air News
May 11, 2023 11:59
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Ludhiana, May 11, 2023: With the 100 % purchase of wheat and 99 % payments cleared already to the farmers for the procured crop, the district administration had been ensuring a smooth and hassle-free procurement season.
In district Ludhiana, the procurement agencies have procured 8.06 Lakh metric tonnes (MT) in the grain markets/purchase centers which is around 99.99 percent of the arrived crop. In the last 72 hours, the procurement agencies had lifted 92 percent of the stock and the process was being expedited as the warning was already issued to the officials for any kind of undue delay.
Further during the last 48 hours, the payments of Rs 1705.8 crore were due but the government had cleared the payments of Rs 1695.8 crore progressively which is around 99 percent.
Deputy Commissioner Surabhi Malik reiterated that on the directions of the Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the administration was firmly committed to completing the procurement season without any inconvenience to the farmers. She said that the emphasis was being laid on the spot procurement of the crop so that farmers do not have to wait for the buyer in the markets.
Malik said that a robust mechanism was put in place to make sure that crop was procured and lifted as soon as it comes into the grain markets/purchase centers during the season. She said the officers had undertaken regular visits to the grain markets under their jurisdiction and submitted the daily report for regular monitoring. She said that elaborate arrangements and efforts were made in the mandis to ensure smooth procurement, lifting, and payment of wheat crop.
