Virendra Singh Rawat
Lucknow / Feb 4, 2021
Amid farm stir, the paddy procurement in Uttar Pradesh has upended the current kharif marketing season’s target of 5.5 million tonnes (MT) by more than 16 per cent, notching up institutional purchase of 6.4 MT so far.
About 1.2 million state farmers have been directly paid Rs 10,500 crore against the minimum support price (MSP) procurement of paddy at 4,453 procurement centres operated by state government agencies and Food Corporation of India (FCI).
According to the state government, last year the procurement figure had stood at about 5.3 MT, as such the current season’s purchase during the corresponding period increased by 1.1 MT or 20 per cent with almost four weeks to go before the procurement season winds up officially on February 28.
UP is among the top paddy producers in India and the monitoring of the procurement process is being done at the highest level, especially in the backdrop of the ongoing stir over new central farm laws.
For the current season, the MSP of A-grade and common variety of paddy was fixed at Rs 1,888 per quintal and Rs 1,868 per quintal respectively.
In the 2020-21 kharif season, UP paddy output is estimated at 26.4 MT, while the state is expecting rice production of 17.7 MT. Last season, the paddy production in UP had stood at 24.4 MT, while the state had procured 5.657 MT of paddy from farmers.
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