The State Government on Monday announced that about 40.8 lakh metric tonnes of paddy had been procured so far in the State. The State Primary Co-operative Agricultural Societies has procured paddy in its 1976 procurement centres from December 1, 2014. The paddy procurement drive will conclude at the end of this month, officials stated.
On January 5 this year, the Government had reported that nearly 32.46 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has been procured at procurement centres of cooperative societies under support price policy in the Kharif Marketing Year 2014-15.
This year, support price for thick paddy (common) has been fixed at Rs1360 and paddy of thin variety (Grade A) has been at Rs1400, officials stated. In December last year, 28.60 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured through as many as 976 procurement centres established across the State.