The Chhattisgarh government has set a paddy procurement target of 110 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) this Kharif season. The decision was taken at a cabinet sub-committee meeting held here on Wednesday.
Minister, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Amarjeet Bhagat chaired the meeting held on paddy procurement and custom milling for the Kharif marketing year 2022-23.
It was decided to allow old gunny bags from farmers to sell their produce.
The members appreciated officials for a smooth paddy procurement process the previous year.
It was informed at the meeting that as against a target of 105 LMT, 97.98 LMT paddy was procured from registered farmers the previous year.
The meeting decided that registration of new farmers would be done by October 31 while registration of old farmers would be automatically carried forward.
The other topics discussed at the meeting included status of procurement centers, availability of gunny bags, paddy procurement system, custom milling and transportation of paddy, collection, storage and maintenance.
Ministers Mohammad Akbar, Dr. Premsai Singh Tekam, Ravindra Choubey and Umesh Patel attended the meeting.