Rice Procurement of Kharif 2011-12 Crosses 341 Lakh Tonnes

Rice procurement in the Kharif Marketing Season of 2011-12 (October-September) has also started in some of the states while procurement for last season is still going on in some states. In the season of 2011-12, a total of 90, 46,356 tonne of rice has been procured by the various government agencies by November 04, 2011.

So far highest procurement has been made in Punjab – 69, 56,290 tonne, followed by Haryana – 18, 09,194 tonne and Tamilnadu -1,76,486 of rice.

Rice procurement in the Kharif Marketing season 2010-11 (October-September) has crossed the mark of 341 lakh tonne. According to statistics 341,78,963 tonne rice has been procured by the various government agencies by November 04, 2011.

Andhra Pradesh has led the States by procuring 96,10,417 tonne of rice followed by Punjab – 86,34,553 tonne, Chhatisgarh – 37,40,776 tonne, Uttar Pradesh – 25,53,687 tonne, Orissa – 24,64,285 tonne and Haryana with 16,87,343 tonne of rice.

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