Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Rice Procurement Crosses 260 lakh tonne

Rice procurement in the Kharif Marketing season 2010-11 has crossed the mark of 260 lakh tonne. According to statistics 260,00,246 tonne rice has been procured by the various government agencies by April 25, 2011. Punjab has led the States by procuring 123,06,128 tonne of rice followed by Chhatisgarh – 51,13,958 tonne and Haryana with 24,82,253 tonne of rice. Wheat procurement during the rabi marketing season of 2011-12 is also picking up so far 111,76,856 tonne as on 25.4.2012.

Courtesy : PIB

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