Progressive Procurement of Rice Touched 26 Million Tons in KMS 2013-14 So Far

All India progressive procurement of Rice as on 02nd May 2014 is about 26.62 million tons against the procurement of 30.89 million tons from same period last year. Highest procurement contribution from Punjab (8.10 million tons) followed by Andhra Pradesh (4.33 million tons) and Chhattisgarh (4.28 million tons).Total procurement in 2012-13 is 34.02 million tons.