Under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, the amount of paddy procured at support price from farmers of the state is increasing consistently towards the estimated target of 110 lakh metric tonnes.
It will continue till January 31, 2023. Officials of the Food department informed that 80.55 lakh metric tonnes of paddy have been procured, in lieu of which Rs.16,217 crore has been paid to 19.33 lakh farmers of the state under the bank linking system till now.
It is noteworthy that same as the last year, under the able guidance of the Chief Minister, along with paddy procurement this year, the work of custom milling is also under-process smoothly.
Till now DO has been issued for the lifting of 68 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, in lieu of which 55 metric tonnes of paddy has been lifted by the millers.
Officials informed that today i.e. on January 02, 1.65 lakh metric tonnes of paddy have been purchased from 44 thousand farmers in the state, apart from this, more than 23 thousand tonnes of paddy have also been purchased from the farmers through tokens obtained online.
Nearly 7608 tokens have been issued online through the ‘Token Tuhar Haath’ app and more than 55.44 thousand tokens have been issued by other means for the next paddy procurement day.
This year 25.92 lakh farmers have been registered in the state and about 2.26 lakh are newly registered farmers. 2600 procurement centers have been set up for paddy procurement in the state.
Normal paddy is being procured at the rate of Rs.2040 per quintal and grade-A paddy is being procured at Rs.2060 per quintal.
A strict vigil is also being kept on the system of paddy procurement in the state. Goods carriers are being inspected at check posts to prevent illegal transportation of paddy from border states.