A farmer in Odisha spends Rs 2,403 to produce a quintal of paddy as per a study conducted in the year 2018-19, informed Agriculture and Famers’ Empowerment Minister Dr Arun Kumar Sahoo in the State Assembly on Wednesday.
In response to a question of BJP MLA Mohan Charan Majhi, the Minister said the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) operating under the
Union Ministry of
Agriculture makes calculations of expenditure incurred for production of a quintal of paddy in different States every year.
According to the data, the projected cost of production of a quintal of paddy in Andhra Pradesh in 2018-19 was Rs 1,512 and it was Rs 1,589 in Assam, Rs 1,398 in Bihar, Rs 1,381 in Chhattisgarh, Rs 1,362 in Gujarat, Rs 1,720 in Haryana, Rs 1,424 in
Himachal Pradesh, Rs 1,824 in Jharkhand, Rs 1,457 in Karnataka, Rs 1,732 in Kerala, Rs 1,711 in Madhya Pradesh, Rs 2,481 in Maharashtra, Rs 1,174 in Punjab, Rs 1,507 in Tamil Nadu, Rs 1,530 in Uttar Pradesh, Rs 1,325 in Uttarakhand and Rs 1,720 in West Bengal.