Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Pradhyuman Tomar has informed that a record has been set this time in the state by procuring more than 20 lakh MT paddy on support price.
An amount of Rs 3634.69 crore has been deposited in the bank accounts of 3.61 lakh farmers against the procurement. Procurement of paddy this year is highest in comparison to procurement of the last six years.
It is to be mentioned that 951 procurement centers for paddy have been made in the state by the state government. Paddy procurement work has been conducted by electronic weighing scales by the Civil Supplies Corporation and MARKFED. Tomar informed that amount against the paddy procured from the farmers at the rate of Rs 1750 per quintal has been directly transferred in the bank accounts of the farmers by using ‘Just in Time’ software.
Tomar further informed that this year a record procurement of paddy has been made in comparison to the last 6 years. He said that 15.65 lakh MT paddy from 2.86 lakh in 2013-14, 12.03 lakh MT paddy from 2.34 lakh farmers in 2014-15, 12.65 lakh MT paddy from 2.43 lakh in 2015-16, 19.61 lakh MT paddy from 2.87 lakh farmers in 2016-17 and 1.65 lakh MT paddy from 2.82 lakh farmers in 2017-18 was procured. An amount of Rs 2276.25 crore was paid to the farmers against the procurement.