In Chhattisgarh state, 49 lakh 43 thousand 781 metric tonnes of paddy has been purchased from 13 lakh 453 farmers till 6.30 pm today in the last 27 days of paddy procurement for the Kharif marketing year 2021-22, which started from December 1. . Paddy is being procured from farmers through 2484 paddy procurement centers. In lieu of paddy purchase, Rs 8451.43 crore has been released by Markfed to these farmers under bank linking arrangement. It is worth mentioning that this year on the initiative of Chief Minister Mr. Baghel, along with the procurement of paddy, the off-take of paddy for custom milling is also happening at a rapid pace. So far, DO of 18 lakh 09 thousand 611 metric tonnes has been issued. The millers have lifted 14,16,176 metric metric paddy from the procurement centres. Even on the 27th day of paddy procurement, Rajnandgaon district ranks first in the state in terms of procurement of paddy on support price. In Rajnandgaon district, 4,56,684 metric tonnes of paddy has been procured. Janjgir-Champa district ranks second in paddy procurement in the state. 4,21,349 metric tonnes of paddy has been procured in the district. Today, Bemetara district is third in the state in the procurement of paddy. In Bemetara district, 3,63,330 metric tonnes of paddy has been procured. According to the information received from the Food Department, in the current marketing year till December 27, 70,993 MT in Bastar district, 24,619 MT in Bijapur district, 4,331 MT in Dantewada district, 1,58,229 MT in Kanker district, Kondagaon on support price in the current marketing year. 73,147 MT in the district, 11,152 MT in Narayanpur district, 14,550 MT in Sukma district, 2,57,898 MT in Bilaspur district, Gourela-Pendra-Marwahi 32,924 MT, Janjgir-Champa district 4,21,349 MT, Korba 59,427 MT in district, 2,11,294 MT in Mungeli district, 2,79,865 MT in Raigad district, 3,07,044 MT in Balod district, 3,63,330 MT in Bemetara district, 2,23,957 MT in Durg district , 2,33,863 MT in Kawardha district, 4,56,684 MT in Rajnandgaon district, 3,53,681 MT in Balodabazar district, 2,09,526 MT in Dhamtari district, 1,73,156 MT in Gariaband district, 3 in Mahasamund district ,46,980 MT, Raipur district 2,60,261 MT, Balrampur district 73,225 MT, Jashpur district 57, Paddy has been procured 684 MT, 57,880 MT in Korea district, 82,683 MT in Surguja district and 1,24,058 MT in Surajpur district. Like this:Like Loading… Continue Reading