Government of Chhattisgarh in Kharif season 2018 would commence its paddy and maize procurement at minimum support price through Primary Agriculture Credit Cooperative Committees from Foundation Day of State, November 1.
Food and Civil Supplies officers intimated that in state under 1,333 primary committees 1998 procurement centres have been made and target of 75 lakh MT paddy is expected in current year. With increase in production of Maize the target has been kept as 40,000 tonnes is likely to be procured from farmers.
The circular of procurement policy has been issued to all the divisional commissioners and district collectors of state. The paddy would be procured through cash and linking mode for three months that is till January 31, 2019. The Maize procurement would continue for next seven months that is till May 2019.
As per the announcement made by Chief Minister and increase of MSP by the centre, generally paddy would be Rs 2050 per quintal and A-grade paddy would get Rs 2070 including the bonus. The Maize procurement MSP is Rs 1700 per quintal. The farmers would be paid digitally.
For procurement, additional arrangement has been also made mainly in 49 Krishi Mandi and 75 sub mandi. The limit of procurement has been fixed as 15 quintal per acre for paddy while for maize the maximum limit is 10 quintal per acre.
The procurement would be from Monday to Friday except for the government holidays. Chhattisgarh State Seed and Agriculture Development Corporation would purchase the seeds from seed producing farmers and certify it. A monitoring committee would be formed in each cooperative committee at local level. This is to ensure quality paddy is purchased and any irregularities are reported.
The circular states that all the procurement centres would have humidity checking equipment. Paddy with more than 17 percent of humidity would not be procured. The humidity related data would be recorded by NIC.