Over 25.50 lakh tonnes paddy procured in Chhattisgarh

About 25.56 lakh tonnes paddyhas been procured from the farmers so far during the current kharif season in Chhattisgarh under the Support Price scheme.
"A total of 25,55,756 tonnespaddyhas been procuredtill yesterday at cooperatives societies across the state in 2015-16 Kharif year," a State Cooperative Marketing Federation official said today.
As many as 1,976procurementcentres under the 1,287 primary agricultural cooperative societies have been set up for the process, which was started from the November 16 till January 31, he said.
As per the statistics, highestprocurementof 3,22,805 tonnes was recorded inMahasamund district followed byRaipur (2.58 lakh tonnes),Balodabazar-Bhatapara (2.55 lakh tonnes), Janjgir-Chmpa (1.96 lakh tonnes) and Bemetara (1.96 lakh tonnes), he said.

Highprocurementwas also recorded in Rajnandgaon, Durg, Dhamtari, Balod, Raigarhand Bilaspur districts.
According to another source in the Food and Supplies

department, the government would provide tabs to various self help groups for helping them in procuring paddy.
"This is to help them run their work more smoothly. So the government has decided to provide each Self Help Group with a tab," he said.
With one SHG assigned to take care of three mouzas, around 10,000 self help groups would be engaged in the process of procuring paddy.
"One person from the Group will collect all the paddies from the mouza and then inform the department which will take the paddy from them. The HGs will be given around Rs 32 per quintal as commission," the officer said.