Every farmer’s paddy will be procured, assures UP CM Yogi
Reviewing paddy procurement on Monday, he stressed the need to expedite the process and ensure that farmers face no inconvenience.
Reviewing paddy procurement on Monday, he stressed the need to expedite the process and ensure that farmers face no inconvenience.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has announced a major relief for the state's farmers and rice mill operators by extending a rebate of 1 per cent to rice mills on threshing of non-hybrid paddy, directly benefiting approximately 1.3-1.5 million farmers and over 2,000 rice mills.
During the Kharif procurement season-2025, a total of 2,79,502.86 metric tonnes of paddy has been procured from Haryana’s mandis. Out of this, 48,838.72 metric tonnes have already been lifted from the mandis/procurement centres.
In a bid to pay his tribute to the farming community Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday took to levelling of his rice field and transplanting paddy plants alongside other workers.
The Bokaro district administration on Thursday launched an 18-day paddy transplantation drive across the district, from July 3 to 20, with a focused push for the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) to improve yields and optimise water use.
Under the Kharif procurement season 2024-25, paddy procurement in Uttar Pradesh has surged, with 2.86 lakh metric tons procured so far—an increase of 65,820 metric tons compared to the same period in 2023-24.
The procurement of paddy and millet crops is proceeding smoothly in mandis across Haryana. So far, 5,069,092 metric tonnes of paddy have arrived, of which 4,972,833 metric tonnes have been procured.
This is amply clear from the fact that Rs 22,047 crore have been credited into the accounts of the farmers and 105 Lakh Metric Tonne (LMT) of paddy out of 111 LMT arriving in the mandis, stand procured.
Out of 49,79,172 MT paddy arrived in mandis, 48,57,405 MT has been procured.
A total quantity of 90.69 LMT of paddy has arrived in the mandis of Punjab as on November 2, 2024, said the Ministry of Consumer Affairs on Sunday. Out of this, 85.41 LMT have been procured by the state agencies and the FCI.
