Sri Muktsar Sahib, 19 April 2018 (Manmeet Sidhu)
2,93,327 MT of wheat arrived in 119 purchase centers established in District Sri Muktsar Sahib till Thursday evening and out of which 2,48,065 MT wheat was procured by different procurement agencies. This was disclosed here by Deputy Commissioner Dr. Sumeet Jarangal while presiding over a meeting, organized to review the ongoing procurement, with District Managers (DMs) of all the procurement agencies. He said that so for payment of Rs 147.94 Crores was made to the farmers.
Deputy Commissioner said that today 45,104 MT of wheat arrived while different agencies has procured 60,240 MT of wheat today itself. He directed all the DMs to further speed up the procurement and makes sure that as much wheat arrives in Mandies that should be purchased on the same day. He said that Punjab Government has issued clear instructions to make payment with in 48 hours of procurement. He asked the Commission Agents to submit bill to agencies immediately after the procurement made by agency so that payment could be transferred immediately to their accounts. He also asked commission agents to activate their swipe card if they did not do it so for.
DC further said that Pungrain has procured 57,535 MT, Markfed has procured 64,268 MT, PUNSUP has procured 29,255 MT, Warehouse Corporation has procured 44,000 MT, Punjab Agro has procured 29,940 MT and FCI has procured 28,067 MT of wheat so for in the district.