Kapurthala, April 24, 2017: (APS Brar) The procurement of wheat is going on in full swing at all the 42 procurement centres set up in the district. Till Friday, 181352 Lakh MT of wheat has arrived in the mandis and out of this 179450 Lakh MT of wheat has been purchased by various Govt. procurement agencies and the private parties. The payments worth Rs. 156.30 Crore has been made to the commission agents, disclosed Deepty Uppal, Deputy Commissioner.
Deepty Uppal said that PUNGRAIN has purchased 27567 MT, MARKFED 44575 MT, PUNSUP 34440 MT, Punjab Agro 15849 MT, Ware House 29850 MT, FCI has purchased 24277 MT and private traders have purchased 2892 MT of wheat.
She said that farmers are not facing any difficulty and administration has not received any complain from the mandis.