Paddy production rises up in Punjab

Paddy procurement in Punjab has reached 71.87 lakh tonnes so far since the start of the Kharif Marketing season on October 1.
    
Paddy procurement was at 62.72 lakh tonnes in the year-ago period.
    
This year, Punjab is looking at procuring 140 lakh tonne of paddy.
    
The government agencies have lifted 68.65 lakh tonnes, which constitutes 95.5 per cent of the total so far, whereas private traders have procured 3.22 lakh tonnes of paddy, an official spokesman said here today.
    
The Central procurement agency FCI procured 1.22 lakh tonnes of paddy.