{"id":52843,"date":"2025-10-10T15:25:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?p=52843"},"modified":"2025-10-10T15:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:55:14","slug":"dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/","title":{"rendered":"DC directs officials to further accelerate lifting of paddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">61,397 MTs of paddy procured so far; Rs. 144 crore paid to farmers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Jalandhar News (Pawan Dhupar):<\/span>\u00a0 Deputy Commissioner Dr. Himanshu Aggarwal today directed officials to further expedite the lifting of paddy from grain markets while reviewing the ongoing paddy procurement process in the district.<\/p>\n<p>Presiding over a meeting with officials of the District Food and Civil Supplies Department and the District Mandi Board at the District Administrative Complex, the Deputy Commissioner emphasized ensuring timely lifting of the procured paddy from all grain markets.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the arrival of paddy in the mandis is expected to increase in the coming days; therefore, there should be no delay in lifting the procured crop.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Aggarwal informed that till last evening, 64,931 metric tonnes of paddy had arrived in the district\u2019s mandis, out of which 61,397 metric tonnes had already been procured by various agencies. He stated that PUNGRAIN has purchased 20,033 metric tonnes, MARKFED 23,019 metric tonnes, PUNSUP 12,992 metric tonnes, Punjab State Warehousing Corporation 4,799 metric tonnes, FCI 479 metric tonnes, and private traders have purchased 75 metric tonnes of paddy.<\/p>\n<p>He added that payment of Rs.144 crore has already been ensured to farmers for the procured paddy.<\/p>\n<p>Reiterating the Punjab Government\u2019s commitment to purchase every single grain of the farmers\u2019 produce, the Deputy Commissioner said that the district administration is fully committed to ensuring a smooth and hassle-free procurement season.<\/p>\n<p>He also appealed to the farmers to bring dry paddy to the mandis and ensure that the moisture content in the crop strictly adheres to the government\u2019s prescribed limit so that the procurement process can continue seamlessly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>61,397 MTs of paddy procured so far; Rs. 144 crore paid to farmers Jalandhar News (Pawan Dhupar):\u00a0 Deputy Commissioner Dr. Himanshu Aggarwal today directed officials to further expedite the lifting of paddy from grain markets while reviewing the ongoing paddy procurement process in the district. Presiding over a meeting with officials of the District Food [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":52844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-punjab"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DC directs officials to further accelerate lifting of paddy - PunjabENews<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"DC directs officials to further accelerate lifting of paddy - PunjabENews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"61,397 MTs of paddy procured so far; Rs. 144 crore paid to farmers Jalandhar News (Pawan Dhupar):\u00a0 Deputy Commissioner Dr. Himanshu Aggarwal today directed officials to further expedite the lifting of paddy from grain markets while reviewing the ongoing paddy procurement process in the district. Presiding over a meeting with officials of the District Food [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PunjabENews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-10T09:55:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251010-WA0027-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1528\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"punjabenews19\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"punjabenews19\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/\",\"name\":\"DC directs officials to further accelerate lifting of paddy - PunjabENews\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251010-WA0027-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-10T09:55:14+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/e6d377add6c27bb463e089e4c38b28df\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251010-WA0027-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251010-WA0027-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1528},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"DC directs officials to further accelerate lifting of paddy\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/\",\"name\":\"PunjabENews\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/e6d377add6c27bb463e089e4c38b28df\",\"name\":\"punjabenews19\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc46b6b05854fe5941459294f5404befdac25139e9016a9ed7cd92db0d05cd9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc46b6b05854fe5941459294f5404befdac25139e9016a9ed7cd92db0d05cd9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"punjabenews19\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/author\/punjabenews19\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"DC directs officials to further accelerate lifting of paddy - PunjabENews","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"DC directs officials to further accelerate lifting of paddy - PunjabENews","og_description":"61,397 MTs of paddy procured so far; Rs. 144 crore paid to farmers Jalandhar News (Pawan Dhupar):\u00a0 Deputy Commissioner Dr. Himanshu Aggarwal today directed officials to further expedite the lifting of paddy from grain markets while reviewing the ongoing paddy procurement process in the district. Presiding over a meeting with officials of the District Food [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/","og_site_name":"PunjabENews","article_published_time":"2025-10-10T09:55:14+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1528,"url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251010-WA0027-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"punjabenews19","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"punjabenews19","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/","url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/","name":"DC directs officials to further accelerate lifting of paddy - PunjabENews","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251010-WA0027-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2025-10-10T09:55:14+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/e6d377add6c27bb463e089e4c38b28df"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251010-WA0027-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IMG-20251010-WA0027-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1528},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/latest\/dc-directs-officials-to-further-accelerate-lifting-of-paddy\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DC directs officials to further accelerate lifting of paddy"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#website","url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/","name":"PunjabENews","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/e6d377add6c27bb463e089e4c38b28df","name":"punjabenews19","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc46b6b05854fe5941459294f5404befdac25139e9016a9ed7cd92db0d05cd9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dc46b6b05854fe5941459294f5404befdac25139e9016a9ed7cd92db0d05cd9c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"punjabenews19"},"url":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/author\/punjabenews19\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52845,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52843\/revisions\/52845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabenews.com\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}