In the last seven days of paddy procurement for Kharif marketing year 2021-22 in the state, which started from December 1, till 6.30 pm today, 08 lakh 65 thousand 735 metric tonnes of paddy was purchased from 2 lakh 62 thousand 466 farmers at support price. Is. Paddy is being procured from farmers through 2476 paddy procurement centers. After purchase, an amount of Rs 1306 crore 72 lakh has been released by Markfed to Apex Bank for payment to these farmers under bank linking arrangement. Rajnandgaon district is on the first rank in the state even on the seventh day of paddy procurement. In Rajnandgaon district, 95208 metric tonnes of paddy has been procured. At the same time, Balodabazar district is second in the state in paddy procurement so far. In Balodabazar district, 69,080 metric tonnes of paddy has been procured. Today, Bemetara district is on the third place in the state in terms of paddy procurement. In Bemetara district, 68,702 metric tonnes of paddy has been procured. On the initiative of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, paddy lifting and custom milling work is also being done continuously in parallel with the purchase of paddy. After milling by Akanksha Rice Mill Saria of Raigad district on December 6, the first lot of 290 quintals of rice was deposited in the state to FCI. In this way, along with the purchase of paddy in the state, the process of depositing rice in the central pool by the rice millers by custom milling has started. There is a lot of enthusiasm among the farmers to sell paddy on support price. Farmers are reaching the procurement centers to sell paddy on token basis. According to the instructions of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, senior administrative officers are constantly visiting the centers to take stock of the convenience of the farmers and the arrangement of paddy procurement in the procurement centers. During this, discussions are also being held by the officials regarding the paddy procurement system with the farmers. The farmers described the paddy procurement system as satisfactory and expressed their gratitude towards the state government while expressing happiness over the rate of old gunny bags being raised to Rs 25. According to the information received from the Food Department, in the current marketing year, 8,554 metric tonnes in Bastar district, 1535 metric tonnes in Bijapur district, 243 metric tonnes in Dantewada district, 24 thousand 462 metric tonnes in Kanker district, 15 thousand 404 metric tonnes in Kondagaon district. Tonne, 1433 MT in Narayanpur district, 1038 MT in Sukma district, 42,563 MT in Bilaspur district, Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi 5318 MT, Janjgir-Champa district 36,152 MT, Korba district 6246 MT, Mungeli district 32,197 MT in Raigad district, 38,929 MT, Balod district 63,861 MT, Bemetara district 68,702 MT, Durg district 45,978 MT, Kawardha 48,735 MT, Rajnandgaon district 95,208 MT, Balodabazar district 69,080 MT, Dhamtari district 45,770 MT, Gariaband district 33,894 MT, Mahasamund district 62,245 MT, Raipur district 56,122 MT, Balrampur district 10,969 MT, Jashpur district 7048 MT, Korea district 7640 MT Ton, in Surguja district 14,77 4 metric tonnes and 21,990 metric tonnes of paddy have been procured in Surajpur district. Like this:Like Loading… Continue Reading