After much debate and protest over paddy procurement issue, the procurement centres across the State have received 16.27 lakh metric tonnes of paddy so far. According to official information, during the ongoing Kharif marketing season 2014-15, so far about 16.27 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has been procured through different cooperative societies.
The procurement process had started from December 1 and would end on January 31, 2015. For procuring paddy, 1,976 procurement centers have been set up in the State wherein 15 quintals per acre of paddy is being procured from the farmers. As per data received from Chhattisgarh State Cooperative Marketing Federation, Mahasamund was the district to register highest paddy procurement by Sunday.
Here more than 1.77 lakh metric tonnes paddy was procured. Meanwhile in insurgency hit Dantewada district only 461 metric paddy was procured. likewise in Sukma 1,867 metric tonnes of paddy was collected and Bijapur registered procurement of 1,825 metric tonnes paddy. Baloda Bazaar was the district to register second highest amount of paddy procurement where more than 1.55 lakh metric tonne paddy was procured.