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Deputy commissioner Faridkot Vineet Kumar on Wednesday said that the farmers have been made payments of Rs 454 crore so far.
"About 296387 Lakh MT paddy had arrived in the grain markets of the district and 252363 LMT has been procured by various agencies.Even 153319 LMT paddy has been lifted by yesterday evening," said DC Faridkot in a press release to the media today.
He said that paddy procurement was going on smoothly and 54 per cent paddy has been lifted from the markets.
He further appealed to the farmers not to burn paddy stubble and instead use different kinds of technology to dispose it off without burning.