Chhattisgarh deposits about 91% of targeted rice in central pool

Chhattisgarh has delivered a record quota of rice to the FCI and Civil Supplies Corporation by undertaking custom milling and paddy procurement simultaneously

Chhattisgarh has deposited about 91 per cent of the rice against the target given for the central pool in the kharif marketing season (KMS) of 2021-22.

The state has deposited 5.93 million metric tonnes of custom milled rice (CMR) as on September 9 to the central pool as against the target of 6.52 million metric tonnes set for the season 2021-22, state government officials said. CMR is manufactured by milling the paddy procured by State government agencies and the Food Corporation of India (FCI).

In states like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, MP, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, UP, and Bihar, paddy