Procurement of paddy harvested in current Rabi season would begin from second week of May and continue for 45 days. The district-level Paddy Procurement Committees would fix their timetable for the purpose, informed an official release. So far, a total of 1,45,284 farmers have been enrolled in 706 Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) across 18 districts. It has been targeted to collect a total of 12.53 lakh metric tonnes of balance paddy from them. It was revealed at a review meeting held under chairmanship of Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Kumar Dasburma at the State Secretariat on Tuesday. Among others, department Secretary Madhusudan Padhi and Addition Secretaries Raghunath Mohanty and Ratnakar Rout were present.