Farmers' organizations and rice millers are worried due to delay in paddy procurement and lack of storage in Punjab. The central government has announced a target of procuring 185 lakh tonnes of paddy from Punjab. The paddy procurement process will start from October 1 and continue till November 30, 2024. Last year 124.14 lakh tonnes of rice was procured, this year also the estimated procurement will be of the same quantity. Paddy procurement is going on in the state through 2,200 mandis and about 6 lakh tonnes have been procured till October 13. To facilitate the farmers, arrangements have been made for online registration, digital procurement, and MSP payment, due to which the payment is reaching the farmer's account within 48 hours.
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