Chhattisgarh procures 32.29 lakh metric tonnes paddy
Chhattisgarh is smoothly facilitating paddy procurement for farmers under the leadership of CM Vishnu Deo Sai.
Chhattisgarh is smoothly facilitating paddy procurement for farmers under the leadership of CM Vishnu Deo Sai.
An inter-ministerial review meeting chaired by the Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Empowerment Kanak Bardhan Singhdeo was held on Sunday to ensure hassle-free procurement process.
Meanwhile, Haryana Cooperation and Public Health & Engineering Minister Banwari Lal today said the state government will establish ethanol plants at an investment of Rs 2000 crore in all cooperative sugar mills.
Moreover, farmers who had previously registered for wheat and paddy procurement in the Kharif Marketing year 2023-24 do not need to re-register for paddy sale. They only need to update and lock their registration.
The CM also directed the officials to develop a standard operation procedure for tackling the situation in Mandis arising out of untimely rains.
Centre procured 695.67 Lakh Metric tonnes of Kharif in the financial year 2021-22 from 94.15 lakh farmers benefiting them with Rs 1,36,350.74 crore.
The decision was taken following reports from Punjab and Haryana that recent heavy downpours have delayed the maturity of paddy in the state.
The Department of Food and Public Distribution of the government of India vide letter No 3(9) 12021-Py.1 dated July 30, 2021, directed the Government of Maharashtra to immediately constitute a joint team with FCI
Eight procurement centres are functioning all over the district to collect paddy from the farmers, while they have been asked to follow all Covid19 guidelines, officials said, adding that four additional procurement centres may be opened to maintain less gathering of people.
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