Jalandhar (The Stellar News): Ensuring procurement, lifting and payment of every single food grains of farmers, district administration has made the payment of whopping amount of Rs. 1067.67 crore to farmers during the recent wheat procurement season. Jalandhar has emerged as one the leading district by making 93% payment of total produce besides ensuring 91 percent lifting at all 137 purchase centers.
Divulging the details, Deputy Commissioner Ghanshyam Thori said that as many as 586790 Metric Tons (MTs) produce had been brought into the Mandis by farmers which were produces by the procurement agencies within stipulated time-frame. He added that a total of 530234 MTs wheat grains were lifted from the grain markets and remaining produce were being lifted at a fast pace. He further said that the administration has also laid the thrust on payments as a whopping amount of Rs. 1067.67 crore was paid to the farmers to date, which was 93 percent of the total invoices generated placing Jalandhar among the top-performing districts in the state.
The DC stated that elaborate arrangements were made at all 137 purchase centers so that farmers don’t face any kind of trouble while selling their crops in the Mandi, especially amid the Corona Virus pandemic. He mentioned that Covid appropriate behavior was properly adopted in the grain markets ranging from special passes for farmers, special pits, sanitization, distribution of face masks, to vaccination or RT-PCR testing. Pointing out further, District Food and Civil Supplies Controller Narinder Singh stated that by purchasing 174744 MTs wheat, Pungrain has made the highest procurement in the district followed by Markfed, Punsup, PSWC, and FCI with 162238, 123927, 77190, and 48550 MTs purchase. He stated that the sufficient amount of Bardana was made available in the grain markets to ensure prompt lifting of the crops adding that the district administration has left no stone unturned to make this procurement smooth and hassle-free affair.
