{"id":12157,"date":"2024-06-14T15:16:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12157"},"modified":"2024-06-14T15:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T15:16:16","slug":"punjab-meets-50-wheat-procurement-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/current-affairs\/punjab-meets-50-wheat-procurement-target\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab meets 50% wheat procurement target"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Punjabhas managed to achieve more than 50% of its wheat procurement target amid slow lifting at the purchase centres. By Saturday evening, it had procured 65.7 lakh of more than 68.5 lakh metric tonnes of the arrived stock, and hoped to procure 132 lakh MT. However, it has managed to lift less than 20 lakh MT or 29.7% of the stock.<\/p>\n<p>The long spell of inclement weather during the harvesting and procurement season has troubled both farmers and the government. The <a href=\"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/average\">Average<\/a> arrival is more than 7 lakh MT, <div class=\"youtube-subscribe-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCNHT8lW-JmLC68rjBfZhdkg?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"youtube-subscribe-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"youtube-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 576 512\">\r\n                  <div class=\"telegram-channel-container\">\r\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/pscnotes2025\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"telegram-channel-button\">\r\n            <span class=\"telegram-icon\">\r\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 496 512\">\r\n                    <path fill=\"white\" d=\"M248,8C111,8,0,119,0,256s111,248,248,248s248-111,248-248S385,8,248,8z M362,177L320,367c-3,14-10,18-20,14l-56-41l-27,26 c-3,3-5,5-10,5l4-63L323,196c5-5-1-7-8-3l-98,62l-42-13c-9-3-10-9,2-14l162-63C351,160,365,164,362,177z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Join Our Telegram Channel\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div>   <path d=\"M549.7 124.1c-6.3-23.7-24.8-42.3-48.3-48.6C458.8 64 288 64 288 64S117.2 64 74.6 75.5c-23.5 6.3-42 24.9-48.3 48.6-11.4 42.9-11.4 132.3-11.4 132.3s0 89.4 11.4 132.3c6.3 23.7 24.8 41.5 48.3 47.8C117.2 448 288 448 288 448s170.8 0 213.4-11.5c23.5-6.3 42-24.2 48.3-47.8 11.4-42.9 11.4-132.3 11.4-132.3s0-89.4-11.4-132.3zm-317.5 213.5V175.2l142.7 81.2-142.7 81.2z\"\/>\r\n                <\/svg>\r\n            <\/span>\r\n            Subscribe on YouTube\r\n        <\/a>\r\n    <\/div> and while the procurement figure is quite close, lifting needs to improve. 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