Chhattisgarh till Friday has procured 69,783 tonnes of paddy from 25,493 registered farmers on minimum support price.
The procurement began on November 1, an official communication said on Saturday.
Food Secretary Topeshwar Verma said Rs 283.07 crore was paid to the farmers. On Saturday, 12,577 tokens were released for the procurement centres while 1,428 tokens were released online through ‘Tunhan Hath’ application.
Verma said in the current kharif marketing year, the procurement target of paddy is 110 lakh tonnes. The state has registered 25.92 lakh farmers, out of which 1.86 lakh are new farmers. There are 2,497 procurement centres.
The minimum support price of paddy has been fixed at Rs 2,040 per quintal and the support price of Grade A paddy is Rs 2,060 per quintal.