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Amid protests successful Punjab by farmers implicit “tardy” paddy procurement and lifting, Union Minister of Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi Sunday assured Punjab farmers that the Centre volition procure each and each atom from them.
Joshi said, “We powerfully basal with farmers of Punjab… Whatever commitments we person made, we volition fulfil the aforesaid by November-end. Main fir se ek baar aashwast karta hun ki ham ek ek dana, ham apse khareedenge. (I privation to guarantee you again, we volition procure each and each atom from you).”
Paddy procurement successful Punjab began connected October 1 this twelvemonth owed to dense rainfall successful September, Joshi said, adding that contempt the precocious start, it is connected way to execute the people to procure 185 lakh metric tonnes by November 2024. However, connected little Out Turn Ratio (OTR) from paddy to rice, helium said, “There has besides been a request from the millers to trim existing 67% OTR, citing that the paddy assortment PR-126 has been giving 4% to 5% lesser OTR than usual. The PR-126 assortment has been successful Punjab since 2016, nary specified contented has been reported previously.”
As connected October 26, 2024, astir 50 lakh metric tonnes of paddy person been procured against the accomplishment of 54.5 lakh metric tonnes, Joshi said, adding that until the aforesaid time past year, 61.5 lakh metric tonnes of paddy were procured against the accomplishment of 65.8 lakh metric tonnes.
Dismissing reports of hold successful procurement owed to non-availability of retention space, helium said retention capableness of 16 lakh metric tonnes volition beryllium disposable arsenic connected November 1, 2024.
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