Paddy procurement in Haryana to begin from October 1

26 Sep 2013 Evaluate

In order to boost smooth procurement of paddy during the current Kharif season, the government of Haryana has made all arrangements for the same. The commencement of paddy and bajra procurement would start from October 1. The state government has arranged a sum of Rs 5,108.80 crore from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for making payment to the farmers for purchase of their produce.

During this current season the minimum support price (MSP) for procurement of common variety of paddy has been fixed at Rs 1,310 per quintal while for grade ‘A’ at Rs 1,345 per quintal.  The Food and Supplies minister, Mahender Pratap Singh anticipates that during current season 52 lakh tonnes (LT) of paddy are expected to arrive in the mandis out of which about 16 LT of paddy would be basmati and superior varieties while the remaining 36 LT would be leviable.

This kharif season six procurement agencies would procure the paddy; Food and Supplies Department would purchase 33%, HAFED 30%, Food Corporation of India 12%, Haryana Warehousing Corporation 10%, Haryana Agro Industries Corporation 10% and CONFED 5% of the total paddy which would arrived in the mandis. For procurement of paddy as many as 187 mandis had been set up in the state while 53 mandis had been set up for the purchase of bajra in the state.

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