Kabirdham district in Chhattisgarh has bagged the top position in the state for purchasing paddy on support price from registered farmers, it was announced on Sunday.
In the Kharif marketing year 2020-21, a total of 25.90 lakh quintals paddy of Rs 478.50 crore have been bought from 77,454 registered farmers since last month in the district, a press release said.
This way, of the total paddy acreage registered by 77 percent farmers, paddy has been purchased from 65 percent area of the registered acreage, it added.
District Collector Ramesh Kumar Sharma said that paddy will be bought from all registered farmers of the district.
He urged the farmers that tokens are being issued to them on the basis of the daily paddy capacity of the procurement centers and continuous monitoring is being done for proper paddy procurement works.
In Kabirdham, there are 94 procurement centers and the registered acreage of paddy is 108,812, the release said.