Under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, the amount of paddy procured at support price from farmers

of State is increasing consistently towards the estimated target of 110 lakh metric tonne. It will continue till January 31, 2023.

Officials of the Food Department informed that 74.41 lakh metric tonne of paddy have been procured, in lieu of which Rs14,852 crore has been paid to more than 17.5 lakh farmers of State under the bank linking system till now.

It is noteworthy that same as the last year, under the 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 56.12 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, in lieu of which 45 lakh 77 thousand metric tonnes of paddy has been lifted by the millers.

Officials informed that today i.e. on December 26, 1.57 lakh metric tonnes of paddy have been purchased from 42,367 farmers in the state, apart from this, more than 35 thousand tonnes of paddy have also been purchased from the farmers through tokens obtained online. Nearly, 11,000 tokens have been issued online through the ‘Token Tuhar Haath’ app and more than 51 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 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 State. Goods carriers are being inspected at check posts to prevent illegal transportation of paddy from border states.