More than 81 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has been procured so far in the ongoing 💞Kharif marketing season in Punjab, a senior official said on Thursday.
Additional Chief Secretary Anurag Aggarwal said paddy pro♌curement operations 🦩were being carried out seamlessly in all grain markets across the state.
So far, 84.48 la🧜kh MT paddy has arrived in the mandis, and 81.80 lakh MT has been procured by the various procurement agencies, he said.
A payment of more than R𓃲s 11,531 crore 💜has been made to the farmers.
Aggarwal was in the Khanna grain market, about 45 km from here, to ta🌳ke stock of the procurement op💫erations.
The ACS said the Punjab government was committed to ensuring a hassle-free and smooth procurement season and every grain of crops would be procured without causing any ♔inconvenience to the peasantry. He said the farmers were receiving their pay✨ments timely besides ensuring foremost priority to prompt purchase.
Later, Aggarwal went to the village Libran where progressive farmers had adopted in-situ crop management wholeheartedly and became an inspirati♒on for others by not burning stubble.
He said by mixing stub💝ble in the fields, these farmers saved the environment from harmful gases and earned various benefits in terms of increased yield of crops and improved soil health.
