The government has procured 350.28 lakh tonnes (LT) of rice in the current marketing season so far. The rice procurement target for the current season (October-September) has been fixed at 375 LT. The total rice procurement had surpassed the target at 381.06 LT in the previous year.
The rice purchase in Punjab has reached 176.61 LT in October-December of this season. The state has already surpassed its target of 115 LT. In Haryana, rice procurement has reached 59.20 LT, exceeding the target of 30 LT given for the entire season.
Rice purchase in Chhattisgarh has reached 33.32 LT so far, while the target is 48 LT for the season. In Uttar Pradesh, 25.96 LT of rice has been procured in October-December period of the current season against the total target of 37 LT.
Besides, in Andhra Pradesh, 13.92 LT has been procured, while 9.91 LT in Odisha so far this season. The procurement in West Bengal and other rice growing states is still underway.