Sukhmider pal garewal took over the charge of vice chairman, Punjab State Industries & Export CorporationChandigarh:

22 November 2010
National Secretary, BJP Kisan Morcha and Jammu and Kashmir, Incharge, Sukhminderpal Singh Grewal today took over the charge at Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Limited as Vice Chairman of the Public Sector Undertaking, after touching feet of his mother Sardarni Malkeet Kaur Grewal. After taking over the charge, he first paid obeisance to his father Late Masterji Sardar Kesar Singh Ji Grewal and added that his father was a very straight forward and highly religious person and it’s all because of his prayers that he had elevated as Vice Chairman of the Corporation. He ratified this chair, position and office belongs to the BJP Workers, people of Punjab especially Industrialists and he will ensure delight of all the stakeholders. After paying obeisance followed by an ardas at Gurudwara Degsar Sahib, Katana Kalan with his mother Malkeet Kaur Grewal, brother Gurmit Singh Grewal and other family members wife Jasleen Kaur Grewal, Sons Maninder Raj Singh Grewal, Udheyraj Singh Grewal daughter Harsimran Raj Kaur Grewal apart from large number of people from his Village Bhukri Kallan, BJP Workers from across Punjab, friends and well-wishers, Grewal reached straight to his office and while interacting with media persons he stated that he will serve BJP workers and people of Punjab responsibly as their “Sewadar” with utmost honesty and transparency.

Grewal stated that his whole family, each and every BJP Worker from Punjab and Country is thankful to BJP President, Sh Nitin Gadkari, National President, BJP Kisan Morcha. Sh. Om Prakash Dhankad, National Convenor BJP Investor Cell Sh. Arun Singh, Punjab BJP Incharge Captain Abhimanyu, especially Mr. Punjab Vajpayee…….ji , Honourable Sh. Manoranjan Kalia, Members Cabinet Miniter Industry and Commerce, core committee Punjab BJP President Sh. Ashwini Sharma, General Secretary Organization Sh. Ajay Jamwal and office bearers of BJP for giving him a chance to work for the people of Punjab in the Punjab Government. He clarified that while working in office he will ensure due respect to all the stakeholders of his Party especially Party Workers. Grewal stated he is very well versed with work in Government Offices as he also served as a Government Servant earlier apart from this he is a member of Ludhiana Bar Association and have also served as an advocate in Punjab and Haryana High Courts; this all experience will further reduce response time ensure swift results legally.
While addressing the gathering of Party Leaders and Workers, Officials of the Corporation, and well wishers Grewal Stated, he is not here to make money but will ensure a corruption free regime in his tenure with the help of officials and employees of the Corporation. He added that he is groomed well by his Parents, Organization and Party and he is here to serve people of Punjab with utmost honesty and dedication. He said that his father left lots of land, property ,businesses and enough wealth for the family for the family. He reiterated that my father left enough to ensure 2 square meals for all the members of the family and if need be we can take care of 50-100 or more people. He added that my father left us at the age of 65 without any blot and clarified that being the son of a straight forward and honest father he too have been serving politics without any corruption and will continue serving the Party and the Government with utmost honesty and transparency. He further clarified that money isn’t bigger than self respect.

Grewal stated that he is a new family member of the Corporation and humbly clarified that all officials and employees of the corporation will get utmost respect and honour. He added that officials and employees of the corporation belong to well to do families living in heavenly abode like Chandigarh City and have been serving the Corporation for past so many years. Corporation too have progressed during these years but still he would most humbly request all the officials and employees of the corporation to replicate his persona. He stated that people of Punjab, Industrialists and Exporters should exemplify humbleness of the officials and employees of the Corporation, corruption free atmosphere, and swift actions then only he will feel he was able to do justice with people of Punjab.

Grewal added that he will become voice of the Industrialists. He stated that he will prefer to sit in office to expedite works of the people and will take an excuse from marriages, bhogs and other such programmes. Grewal said he will try his level best to put an end to continual relocation of Punjab Industry to neighboring States so that people too need not relocate to other states for employment. He stated that to bring back Punjab Industry to No 1 spot he will take up the matters with Honourable Sh. Manoranjan Kalia, Industry Minister, Punjab Government and if need be, will not shy talking to anybody including Union Government for the welfare of Punjab Industrialists. He said he will work hard with the help of officials of the Corporation, Punjab Government, people of Punjab especially Industrialists to ensure huge success of Punjab Small Industries and Export Corporation Limited its officials and employees.
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SEKHWAN RAIDS DPI(S) OFFICE

· EMPTY BENCHES, PENDING FILES GREET EDUCATION MINISTER
· 32 EMPLOYEES INCLUDING 2 ASSISTANT DIRECTORS FOUND MISSING FROM OFFICE
· DPI OFFICE TO HAVE BIOMETRIC ATTENDANCE SYSTEM


Chandigarh November 22: Empty benches and piled up pending files greeted the Education Minister Mr. Sewa Singh Sekhwan as he raided the Director Public Instructions (S) office without any notice. 32 officers/officials including 2 Assistant Directors, 1 superintendent were found absent from the office without any sanctioned leave. The Minister was given undated applications of some employees.
The Education Minister paid the surprise visit after getting numerous complaints of absenteeism, keeping the files of teachers and staff pending and other irregularities in the working of office. Coming back from his constituency Kahnuwan, the Minister drove straight to the DPI office here in Sector- 17. The Minister visited each branch of the office and enquired about the absent employees besides pending files. As the news of Minister raiding the office reached, hordes of employees started trooping in the office to the much annoyance of education Minister. Taking DPI to the task, the Education Minister took exception for not maintaining movement register in each branch.

The Minister was irked by dealing desks keeping the files pending without any reason and asked DPI (S) Mr. Davinder Singh to daily monitor the pendency of files on each seat and to seek explanation, if any file remains pending more than 48 hours on one seat.

Mr. Sekhwan said that SAD-BJP government was committed for the welfare of employees and DPI should workout a system that no employee including teachers has to come to DPI office to get their files cleared. He said that system should work automatically and any employee not working according to the laid out guidelines would be dealt severely.

Taking a strong note of employees absent from the office the Minister took DPI to task for his lax control. He said that if village schools could have biometric attendance system why DPI himself has not initiated this system for his own office. He asked the DPI to get the system operational within a one month. He also sought strict departmental action against all those officers/officials who were missing without getting their leave sanctioned from the competent authority.
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128.02 LAKH TONNES PADDY PROCURED IN PUNJAB

Chandigarh, November 22: Government agencies and private millers procured more than 12802228 tonnes of Paddy till last evening.

A spokesman of Punjab Govt. said here today that out of total procurement in all the procurement centers of Punjab, Government agencies procured 12625791 tonnes (98.6%) whereas private traders procured 176437 tonnes (1.4%) of paddy. Till November 21, PUNGRAIN had procured 3960495 tonnes (31.4%) whereas MARKFED procured 2633323 tonnes (20.9%), PUNSUP procured 2965653 tonnes (23.5%), PSWC procured 1462857 tonnes (11.6%) whereas PAIC was able to procure 1097070 tonnes (8.7 %) of paddy.

The Central Government agency FCI had been able to procure 506393 tonnes (4.0%).
The spokesman added that District Ludhiana with 1491251 tonnes of procurement was leading in procurement operations whereas district Sangrur with 1420848 tonnes of procurement was at second slot and District Patiala 1196970 tonnes of procurement ranked at third position.

The State Government has set up almost 1700 procurement centers and activated its total machinery to ensure smooth procurement of paddy, the spokesman added.
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Tewari surrenders salary when parliament didn’t function

CHANDIGARH, November 21: Setting a unique example Ludhiana MP and the national spokesperson of the Indian National Congress Manish Tewari has decided not to draw the salary for the days when parliament did not function due to disruptions. He has urged the Lok Sabha secretariat not to release his salary for the days parliament did not function because of the disruptions.

In a letter addressed to the Lok Sabha Secretary General Tewari said, he was pained the way precious time and resources of the parliament were being wasted as it was not being allowed to function. Hence he had taken this decision not to draw the salary and other perks for the days when parliament did not function.

Tewari pointed out, only during the Monsoon session there had been considerable hike in the salaries and perks of the MPs. Considerable concern was raised across the country for this hike. Now, he added, it is more than ten days when winter session of the parliament started but it has not been allowed to function for a single day. “I feel it unethical to draw the wages for the days when I did not work”, he said in a statement while adding “only our work should justify our remuneration”.
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Sukhbir congratulates Trap Shooter Ronjan Sodhi for Asiad Gold

Chandigarh, November 21:

Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today congratulated Punjab’s promising trap shooter, Mr. Ronjan Singh Sodhi, who bagged the third gold medal for India in the Guangzhou Asian Games in men's double trap shooting event. Besides this, Ronjan has also helped his team in winning a bronze medal in the double trap event.

In a congratulatory message, Mr. Badal said that Ronjan’s rare feat would play a significant role in motivating more youngsters to take up the sport of shooting to bring laurels to the country by excelling in International events. The Punjab government would soon organize a grand function to honour the medal winners of Commonwealth and Asian games belonging to Punjab with highest cash prizes in the country, he added.

Mr. Badal also wished good luck to Indian Hockey team playing classic hockey in the ongoing Asian games and expressed confidence that by winning Gold medal there, it would bring back the lost glory of Indian hockey.

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RELIGIOUS PROGRAMME ORGANISED

ChandigarhNew Delhi: Nov: 20: A special religious programmed was organised at Rashterpati Bhawan, New Delhi this Morning. President Pratibha Devi Patil has invited prominent leaders and eminent citizens in this function in which Gurbani Kirtan and religious discourse was held.

Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh and Shiromani Akali Dal Member of Parliament from Bathinda Biba Harsimrat Kaur Badal was prominent among the devoties . Mrs. Harsimarat Kaur Badal also said that Gurbani Kirtan would be held at her Safdarjang resident in New Delhi tomorrow.
President Pratibha Devi Singh Patial and Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, wife of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh are among the prominent invities.

It may be recalled that President Pratibha Devi Singh Patial was the Chief Guest in the Nanhi Chhaan programme in Amritsar at the invitation of Biba Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
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FINANACE MINISTER UPINDERJIT KAUR GREETS PEOPLE
ON THE EVE OF BIRTHDAY OF SRI GURU NANAK DEV JI

Chandigarh, November 20: Dr. Upinderjit Kaur, Finance Minister Punjab today greeted the people on the eve of holy and auspicious occasion Parkash Utsav of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Guru of the Sikhs.

In her message on the eve of this occasion, she said that Guru Nakak Dev Ji, the founder of Sikhism, showed us the path of peace, harmony and righteousness. "Guru Ji inspired us to tread the path of meditation, truthfulness and universal brotherhood, the Minister added.

She said that Guru Nanak Dev ji has been apostle of universal love, piety and spiritual faith. "His divine teachings guide us on the path of social harmony and unity. By following the teachings of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the world can overcome differences and work together to fight ignorance, poverty, hunger and diseases" Upinderjit Kaur said.

She called upon people to follow the high ideals and tenets of the great Guru and to re-dedicate themselves to the service of the nation and of mankind.
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SHAHEED BHAGAT SINGH’S REAL NEPHEW JOINS MANPREET BADAL’S JAGO PUNJAB MOVEMENT.

Manpreet Badal’s Jago Punjab Movement received a resounding confirmation of its agenda when Mr. Abhay Sandhu, sole survivor kin of Shaheed-e-Azam

Sardar Bhagat Singh, today joined his Jago Punjab movement expressing total solidarity with his agenda. Assuring his unconditional support, Mr. Abhay Sandhu, reaffirmed that if we do not clean the system immediately, it will be overthrown and the Yatra will be a wake up call to kindle the conscience and the hearts of Punjabis all over the world for reviving Punjab’s economy, putting an end to corruption, poverty, illiteracy, addiction and unemployment.

Abhay Sandhu agreed with Manpreet Badal that it is immediately necessary to concretize political freedom into economic freedom to fulfill the dreams for which Desh Bhagat Shaheet Bhagat Singh and thousands of freedom fighters made the supreme sacrifice and went to the gallows.

Mr Sandhu also said that Bhagat Singh had visualised that 15 years after their martyrdom, the British will be forced to quit, but the government that would step in will indulge in loot and plunder of people, vested interests will resort to self-aggrandisment and gangsterism will have the upper hand. “People will forget us,” he noted, “within 15 years,” and added: “Then our memory will be revived and people will put our ideas to close scrutiny and for reconstruction of a new social order working classes and honest people will unite together and this organisation will secure the fruits of labour to whom it belongs.” adding to this he said' maybe that time has come as predicted by the great martyr.
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KAHLON GREETS PEOPLE ON THE EVE OF 'GURPURB'

CHANDIGARH NOVEMBER 20:

Mr. Nirmal Singh Kahlon , Speaker Punjab Vidhan Sabha today extended his warm greetings to the people of the State on the eve of Parkash Utsav of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji.

Congratulating on this occasion, Mr. Kahlon appealed the people to celebrate this religious event rising above the petty considerations of caste, colour, creed and religion
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India Today State of States Awards - 2010

PUNJAB NO. 1 STATE
· IN INFRASTRUCTURE , AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER MARKETS
· SUKHBIR’S EFFORTS ON INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED

Chandigarh, November 19 :
The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister S. Sukhbir Singh Badal’s focused approach for development of Infrastructure was nationally recognized today with India’s leading news magazine India Today’s the State of States survey ranked Punjab No.1 State in Infrastructure. The State of Punjab was also ranked No. 1 in Agriculture and Consumer Markets.
The Vice President of India Mohd. Hamid Ansari gave away the awards in glittering function held here today. Mr. K.Siva Parsad Resident Commissioner Punjab in New Delhi received the awards on behalf of Punjab Government.
The ranking of Punjab as No.1 state was done after a comprehensive study conducted by International Consultancy IL & FS that ranked the States on the basis analysis of data procured by it from Central Government, Planning Commission and State Governments and conducted a thorough survey of all the states before reaching to a conclusion.
In the case of infrastructure Punjab was ranked No. 1 with Tamil Nadu as second, Himachal as third, Kerala as fourth, Karnataka as fifth, Maharashtra as sixth and Congress ruled neighboring state scoring seventh position.
In the case of agriculture also Punjab scored NO.1 position with Haryana , Tamil Nadu, Gujarat , Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra scoring second, third, fourth, fifth , sixth and seventh positions respectively.
In the case of Consumer Markets Punjab was ranked NO. 1 state with Maharashtra , Himachal Pradesh , Kerala , Gujarat , Jammu & Kashmir and Tamil Nadu lagging behind with second , third , fourth , fifth , sixth and seventh positions respectively. The neighboring Congress ruled state Haryana was ranked No. 8th in the ranking.
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PUNJAB GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTES STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON YOUTH PROGRAMME CONSTITUTES


CHANDIGARH, NOVEMBER 19:
Punjab Government has constituted State Advisory Committee on Youth Programme (SACYP). Disclosing this here today a spokesman of Sports & Youth Services Department Punjab said that In-charge Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports of the State would be its Chairperson whereas two or three Member of Parliament/MLAs (to be nominated by Chairperson), Renowned Social Worker, Women Activist (to be nominated by Dy.NYKS), Director Youth Services & Sports, Director Rural Development, Director Health & Family Welfare, Director Social Welfare, Director Culture. The spokesman further said that Director Agriculture, Director Small Scale Industries, Director Environment & Forest, Director SC,St & BC, Director Information & Public Relations, Chief of Lead Bank in the State, Deputy Programme Advisor NSS, Representative of Director General NYKS, Deputy Director NYKS of State would be its members whereas Zonal Director/Dy.Director would be its Member Secretary. Sh.Gurminder Singh Rataul and Sh. Bhupinder Singh Sandhu would be its Social Worker.
The spokesman said that tenure of the non-official and nominated mebers of SACYP shall be for three years from the date of notification and shall meet once in three months.

He said that SACYP would advise NYKS at State level to liaise with the development departments of State Government and all the Development agencies. SACYP being an advisory body would expore the possibility of initiating collaborative projects between NYKS and State Government Development Departments and International Agencies operating in the State. The SACYP would liaise with the State Government Development Departments various agencies and NGO's working in social sector and to explore common priority areas for joint action and to explore and identify appropriate development projects keeping view the needs and aspiration of youth of the state, added the spokesman.
127.18 LAKH TONNES PADDY PROCURED IN PUNJAB`

Chandigarh, November 19: Government agencies and private millers procured more than 12718936 tonnes of Paddy till last evening.
A spokesman of Punjab Govt. said here today that out of total procurement in all the procurement centers of Punjab, Government agencies procured 12543312 tonnes (98.6%) whereas private traders procured 175624 tonnes (1.4%) of paddy. Till October 18, PUNGRAIN had procured 3931747 tonnes (31.3%) whereas MARKFED procured 2617124 tonnes (20.9%), PUNSUP procured 2944958 tonnes (23.5%), PSWC procured 1457532 tonnes (11.6%) whereas PAIC was able to procure 1088034 tonnes (8.7 %) of paddy.

The Central Government agency FCI had been able to procure 503917 tonnes (4.0%).
The spokesman added that District Ludhiana with 1488842 tonnes of procurement was leading in procurement operations whereas district Sangrur with 1404308 tonnes of procurement was at second slot and District Patiala 1193760 tonnes of procurement ranked at third position.
The State Government has set up almost 1700 procurement centers and activated its total machinery to ensure smooth procurement of paddy, the spokesman added.
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Congress & Manpreet in a conspiracy of "synchronized speech and silence”: Sekhwan
Minister asks Manpreet to break silence on Congress scams

Chandigarh November 19 -
The Shiromani Akali Dal spokesman and Punjab Minister for Education Sewa Singh Sekhwan asked the Punjab Congress leaders and the expelled SAD legislator Manpreet Singh Badal to break their silence on Rs.1.761akh Crore 2-G scam of the Congress led UPA government at the center.
In a statement released here today, Mr. Sekhwan said that Manpreet and the Congress were maintaining a conspiracy of "synchronized silence and speech" on all issues. "Why is Manpreet who claims that cleanliness in public life is high on his agenda, not utter even a single word against one of the biggest scams to hit the country's public life. The fact is that his silence and speech are both remote controlled by Pranab Mukherjee and other senior leaders of the Congress party." alleged Mr. Sekhwan.

The Minister said that the Congress leaders and the expelled SAD legislator were finding it hard to speak in a different languages even for the sake of form. "On the issue of subsidies, they are both singing the tune composed for them by rich business house who did not want the government to come to the aid of the beleaguered farmers and deprived sections of society so that they (business houses) could exploit the helplessness of the common man." said Mr. Sekhwan.

The Minister however declared that the pro-people policies including subsidies to the poor and the core sectors would continue despite opposition by big houses, Manpreet and the Congress. "These policies were an integral part of Mr. Parkash Singh Badal's vision for the poor," he said.

Mr. Sekhwan said that it was obvious that both opponents of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal were drawing directions from the same think-tank and the same poo1 of tactics and ideas. If there was any doubt in the minds of anyone, that has been removed by the songs of high praise being sung by Manpreet to eulogize the sworn enemy of the SAD and the Badal family, Amarinder Singh. At the same time, Congress leaders like Madam Rajinder Kaur Bhathal, Partap Singh Bajwa and Youth Congress president Ravneet Singh Bittu had been rolling a red carpet for Manpreet. It is only the rivalry between Amarinder and Bhathal that has temporarily blocked Manpreet's entry into the Congress." said Mr. Sekhwan.

The Akali leader said that both the Congress and Manpreet were speaking in identical voices on the issue of debt waiver too. "'Manpreet Singh just does not tire of issuing daily certificates to the center on the debt waiver. If he is to be believed, Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was waiting in his porch with a bag containing Rs. 35000 crores to be delivered to anyone who comes from Punjab to receive it," said Mr. Sekhwan. He further said that the reply given by the Union Ministry of Finance on the floor of the house had blown the lid off the lies being told by both the Congress and Manpreet on this issue. "There is still no mention of the promised waiver in the center government's reply to a pointed question whether an offer to write off Rs. 35000 crore on certain conditions was ever made to the then Punjab Finance Minister. If such an offer was indeed made in a private conversation between Manpreet and Pranab Mukherjee, what is stopping the center from putting that on the record of the Parliament. And what stops Mr. Pranab Mukherjee to make the same offer again to show that it was Punjab government's fault not to have accepted the offer," said the Minister.

Mr. Sekhwan said that Manpreet was expecting the Punjabis to believe that the Chief Minister and the entire Punjab cabinet was mindless enough to refuse Rs. 35, 000 Crore.
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38000 POLICE PERSONNEL TO GETON-LINE TRAINING UNDER CCTNS PROJECT

Chandigarh, November 18: The Punjab police has becomes the part of an ambitious Rs. 2000 crore mission mode project of Government of India under the Crime & Criminal Tracking Network & Systems (CCTNS) for capacity building of the police personnel by initiating phase wise on-line training and examination of 38000 Police personnel at the cutting edge levels of policing.

Disclosing this here today a spokesman of Punjab police informed that a basic computer training and advanced computer training program had already been designed for this purpose by the IT&T wing of State police. 24 District IT Training Schools have been established in the Districts with latest Computer Gadgetry and Advance Computer Course qualified Punjab police Trainers, he added.
The spokesman further said that an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) had been signed with Punjab InfoTech, a Government of Punjab undertaking to train its personnel in its various CAL-C centers spread across Punjab at the Sub-Division level. The whole training would be closely monitored by the IT&T wing of Punjab Police.

Besides this, an In-house software application developed by the IT&T wing to conduct On-line Examination for this training has also been successfully implemented. As such, online final examination of 1st batch of 400 trainees was successfully completed and the result displayed immediately on completion of the examination. The software development cell of the IT&T wing has also developed In-house on line self learning software for Basic Computer Course and CDs – Primer-I & Primer-II for its personnel, he further added.
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PUNJAB ANIMAL HUSBANDRY TO COLLABORATE WITH CANADA TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY

Chandigarh, November 18:
In order to boost the milk production of milch Cattle through breed improvement by identification of positive traits through DNA sequencing, Punjab Animal Husbandry department would collaborate with Canadian Government. This was decided here today, in a meeting with a Canadian delegation led by Ms Kimberly Bryce Project leader Saskatchewan Research Council with Punjab Animal Husbandry Minister Mr. Gulzar Singh Ranike. Financial Commissioner Mr. Gurinderjit Singh Sandhu and Director, Animal Husbandry, Dr. Harjinderjit Singh Sandha were also present in the meeting.

Mr. Ranike said that Punjab was already number one in milk production in the country as with only about 2% of cattle population it was producing over 10% of the total national production. He said that by upgrading indigenous breeds further, the production would be increased so that farmers with minimum number of animals could produce
maximum milk, which was the key to success of dairy farming.

Mr. Gurinderjit Singh Sandhu, Financial Commissioner said that collaboration on breed improvement, herd registration and nutritional aspects would go a long way in boosting the production of cattle, thereby raising the stature of rural economy which was predominantly based on livestock.
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126.56 LAKH TONNES PADDY PROCURED IN PUNJAB

Chandigarh, November 18: Government agencies and private millers procured more than 12656824 tonnes of Paddy till last evening.

A spokesman of Punjab Govt. said here today that out of total procurement in all the procurement centers of Punjab, Government agencies procured 12481947 tonnes (98.6%) whereas private traders procured 174877 tonnes (1.4%) of paddy. Till October 17, PUNGRAIN had procured 3907642 tonnes (31.3%) whereas MARKFED procured 2604941 tonnes (20.9%), PUNSUP procured 2933935 tonnes (23.5%), PSWC procured 1450275 tonnes (11.6%) whereas PAIC was able to procure 1083088 tonnes (8.7 %) of paddy.
The Central Government agency FCI had been able to procure 502066 tonnes (4.0%).
The spokesman added that District Ludhiana with 1481966 tonnes of procurement was leading in procurement operations whereas district Sangrur with 1393152 tonnes of procurement was at second slot and District Patiala 1189535 tonnes of procurement ranked at third position.
The State Government has set up almost 1700 procurement centers and activated its total machinery to ensure smooth procurement of paddy, the spokesman added.