UP logs 80% upswing in paddy procurement at 4 mn tonnes this Kharif season

State has paid farmers nearly Rs 7,250 cr for the crop so far; full-year procurement target set at 5 mn tonnes

The Uttar Pradesh government has logged an 80 per cent year-on-year growth in paddy procurement in the current kharif marketing season with the state agencies procuring almost 4 million tonnes (MT) so far.

The paddy procurement in the corresponding period last year stood at roughly 2.2 MT compared to 4 MT this season, an upswing of 80 per cent.

This year, the Adityanath government has set a target of procuring 5 MT of paddy, of which the state has already achieved nearly 80 per cent of the seasonal target.

Paddy procurement in UP had commenced on October 1 and is slated to continue till