Even as Chhattisgarh farmers struggle to sell their paddy yield, untimely rains across the state have delivered a body blow to cultivators in the state.
The huge stocks of paddy that the farmers had maintained for selling were reportedly damaged following heavy rains in the state the past three days. The delay on the part of administration to procure paddy had forced them to either keep the yield in the field or leave it unprotected in the house.
Normally, small farmers do not have sufficient storage capacity and prefer to sell their produce at the earliest. The procurement process in Chhattisgarh was

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