The Jharkhand Government has set a target to procure around 60 lakh quintals of paddy and will begin the exercise from December 15, an official said on Sunday. Altogether 783 procurement centres have been set up across the state to carry out the exercise, he said.
State Food, Public Distribution and Consumer Affairs Minister appealed to his cabinet colleagues, MPs and MLAs to visit the procurement centres in their respective areas and inaugurate the initiative.
He said the Government will purchase paddy at Rs 2,450 per quintal from farmers.
The authorities have set a target to procure around 60 lakh quintals of paddy, according to the state’s e-uparjan portal.
The Jharkhand Cabinet had on December 8 decided that farmers of the state will get a bonus of `81 per quintal of paddy in addition to the Centre’s minimum support price (MSP) for the crop in the 2025-26 fiscal.
The state council of ministers also approved Rs 48.60 crore